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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, "On the Balcony".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many test pilots are in the original group in Jacksonville?
(a) 8.
(b) 35.
(c) 12.
(d) 20.

2. Why is Pete Conrad transferred to the Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland?
(a) Because he requested a post involving less danger.
(b) Because he has to prepare for combat missions in Korea.
(c) Because he is promoted to Lieutenant.
(d) Because he is entering the Navy's test-pilot school.

3. What does the author liken the deck of a carrier to?
(a) An ice rink.
(b) A highway.
(c) A skillet.
(d) A thimble.

4. When Pete receives his top-secret orders, what is the project he is being asked to volunteer for?
(a) The Moon Project.
(b) The Saturn Project.
(c) The X-1 Project.
(d) The Mercury Project.

5. Who is in charge of testing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base?
(a) General Schwickenberg.
(b) Psychiatrists.
(c) The Secretary of the Navy.
(d) NASA engineers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only Marine in the group of seven astronauts?

2. What is Gus Grissom awarded for his actions during combat in Korea?

3. In what year does the story begin?

4. When a pilot is in the air and looking down at the ground, what does he most often feel?

5. What is focused on as being the pilots' best qualification for their selection to the Project Mercury astronaut program at the press conference?

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