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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many planes does a pilot have to shoot down in combat to be considered an "ace"?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

2. What is the nickname given to Pete's flight test class?
(a) The Soaring Eagles.
(b) Class A.
(c) Group 20.
(d) Top Guns.

3. When a pilot is in the air and looking down at the ground, what does he most often feel?
(a) Superior to the people below.
(b) Like it's time to get back to base.
(c) Grateful he has the opportunity to fly.
(d) Airsick.

4. When do the pilots wear their bridge coats?
(a) When superior officers visit the base.
(b) When it is raining.
(c) When they are on patrol.
(d) When they attend another pilot's funeral.

5. What does "pushing the outside of the envelope" refer to?
(a) The limits of a particular aircraft's performance.
(b) The new US Postal Service's mailing requirements.
(c) The farthest distance from the base a plane can fly without refueling.
(d) The least amount of sleep a test pilot needs before being considered safe to fly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the wives calling each other at the beginning of the story?

2. Who runs the Fly Inn near Muroc Field?

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

4. Muroc Army Air Base is renamed in 1948. What is its new name?

5. How does Ted Whelan die?

(see the answer key)

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