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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. How does Ted Whelan die?
(a) His plane crash lands in a swamp.
(b) He flies beneath the hard deck and into power lines.
(c) His parachute fails to open.
(d) He is in a car accident.

2. Which of the astronauts does not live with his family on or near the base, but houses his family 120 miles away from the base and lives in the base's Bachelor Quarters?
(a) John Glenn.
(b) Deke Slayton.
(c) Scott Carpenter.
(d) Gus Grissom.

3. Which of the astronauts commands the least star power?
(a) John Glenn.
(b) Alan Shepard.
(c) Deke Slayton.
(d) Scott Carpenter.

4. Which of the astronauts commands the most star power?
(a) John Glenn.
(b) Deke Slayton.
(c) Scott Carpenter.
(d) Alan Shepard.

5. When Jane Conrad realizes the cavalier manner in which the pilots discuss their killed comrades, what does she liken their discussion to?
(a) Sports.
(b) Politics.
(c) Debates.
(d) Lectures.

Short Answer Questions

1. While most fighter pilots revel in driving fast sports cars, John Glenn does not. What car does he drive?

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

3. Complete this flying theorem: "There are no accidents and no fatal flaws in the machines..."

4. How many fighter jocks volunteer for the top-secret civilian program?

5. When asked by a reporter how many of the astronauts expect to return from space, how many of them raise their hands?

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