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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, "Yeager".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do fighter pilots have an intense dislike for flight surgeons?
(a) They don't want to be grounded for medical reasons.
(b) They would rather be flying than in a waiting room.
(c) They don't have good insurance.
(d) They hate needles.

2. What is the most difficult routine in military flying?
(a) Carrier landings.
(b) Instrument-only flying.
(c) Formation flying.
(d) All-weather flying.

3. How many kills does Yeager have by the end of World War II?
(a) 13 1/2.
(b) 10.
(c) 5 1/2.
(d) 21.

4. What is the name Yeager gives to his plane?
(a) Rocketing Rickshaw.
(b) Glamorous Glynnis.
(c) Soaring Eagle.
(d) Guns of Death.

5. What is the one sound that test pilots' wives are most afraid of?
(a) The sound of a plane's engine.
(b) The church bells.
(c) The door bell.
(d) The telephone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is known as the "king of the test fighter pilots"?

2. What does "pushing the outside of the envelope" refer to?

3. What problem does the Army have with Yeager piloting the X-1?

4. Who runs the Fly Inn near Muroc Field?

5. How many test pilots are in the original group in Jacksonville?

(see the answer key)

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