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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, "The Cape".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From the original volunteers for the program, how many are finally accepted as astronauts?
(a) 7.
(b) 20.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

2. How much time passes after the press conference before the astronauts are though of as national heroes?
(a) It happens overnight.
(b) It takes seven weeks.
(c) It takes three days.
(d) They aren't considered of as national heroes until the first launch.

3. Which of the astronauts rises early each morning to do his roadwork where everyone can see him?
(a) Deke Slayton.
(b) John Glenn.
(c) Gus Grissom.
(d) Wally Schirra.

4. What are the pilots known by at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base?
(a) Their call sign.
(b) Their number.
(c) Their nickname.
(d) Their given name.

5. What is focused on as being the pilots' best qualification for their selection to the Project Mercury astronaut program at the press conference?
(a) Their superior adaptability.
(b) Their physical fitness.
(c) Their extraordinary combat accomplishments.
(d) Their piloting skills.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many kills does Yeager have by the end of World War II?

3. When Gus Grissom's wife gives birth to their first child, where is Gus?

4. What is the name Yeager gives to his plane?

5. The pilots hold Konakai seances. What is Konakai?

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