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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. What is the Navy-calculated probability that a career Navy pilot will die in an aircraft accident?
(a) 23%
(b) 56%
(c) 7%
(d) 38%

2. 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.

3. What is Gus Grissom awarded for his actions during combat in Korea?
(a) The Ace Award.
(b) The Superior Aviator Award.
(c) The Purple Heart.
(d) The Distinguished Flying Cross.

4. When the book begins, where is the Naval Air Station that Pete Conrad is stationed at?
(a) Florida.
(b) California.
(c) Texas.
(d) Nevada.

5. Muroc Army Air Base is renamed in 1948. What is its new name?
(a) Kennedy Army Air Base.
(b) Edwards Air Force Base.
(c) Cape Canaveral.
(d) George Air Force Base.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one sound that test pilots' wives are most afraid of?

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

3. How much time passes after the press conference before the astronauts are though of as national heroes?

4. What state is Chuck Yeager from?

5. Who is in charge of testing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base?

(see the answer key)

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