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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, "The Unscrewable Pooch".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the second Mercury flight take place?
(a) July 21.
(b) June 7.
(c) August 30.
(d) September 7.

2. When Gus Grissom's wife gives birth to their first child, where is Gus?
(a) In the delivery room.
(b) On base, completing his flight training.
(c) On a top-secret mission.
(d) Fighting overseas in Korea.

3. 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) Scott Carpenter.
(b) Deke Slayton.
(c) John Glenn.
(d) Gus Grissom.

4. Which astronaut is known as the Icy Commander?
(a) John Glenn.
(b) Pete Conrad.
(c) Deke Slayton.
(d) Alan Shepard.

5. As a result of his record-setting flight, where does Bob White show up?
(a) On the cover of Newsweek magazine.
(b) At Langley Air Force Base.
(c) At the celebratory party at Pancho's.
(d) On the cover of Life magazine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gus want Betty to remember when she flies down to the Cape?

2. As soon as Shepard is debriefed, where is he flown to?

3. Who originally pilots the X-1 aircraft?

4. What is housed at the Holloman Air Force Base?

5. When the men return from their trip to the White House, what question is on the mind of each of their wives?

(see the answer key)

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