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

2. By the end of the chapter, which one of the seven is beginning to assume the natural leadership role?
(a) Alan Shepard.
(b) Jim Lovell.
(c) Gordon Cooper.
(d) John Glenn.

3. What is Jim Lovell's nickname?
(a) Ears.
(b) Ace.
(c) Scooby.
(d) Shaky.

4. Scott Carpenter is the only astronaut who has a touch of what in him?
(a) A rebel.
(b) A poet.
(c) An activist.
(d) A ladies' man.

5. Why are the wives calling each other at the beginning of the story?
(a) They are sharing news of a new baby.
(b) They are trying to figure out who's husband was killed.
(c) They are angry over a new testing policy for the pilots.
(d) They are planning a surprise party for the pilots.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the astronauts is actually an atheist (although he told the press that he had previously "attended" a Christian Science church with his wife)?

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

3. Who is the biggest practical joker among the volunteers?

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

5. Which pilot waxes philosophical when asked at the press conference about family and religion (much to the surprise and astonishment of the other pilots)?

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