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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Gordon Cooper's and Deke Slayton's roles during the launch?
(a) They are the technical trouble-shooters.
(b) They are the look-outs for trouble on the launch pad.
(c) They are the capsule communicators.
(d) They are NASA's press representatives.

2. What is the new moon program called?
(a) Luna.
(b) Project B.
(c) Mercury 2.
(d) Apollo.

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

4. What is Cape Canaveral's new function?
(a) It is the new training facility.
(b) It is the unmanned space center.
(c) It is the new medical testing center.
(d) It is the launching center.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Shepard see the Earth through the periscope in black and white?

2. By the end of the chapter, which one of the seven is beginning to assume the natural leadership role?

3. What is the concern that controllers have when preparing to bring Glenn back in through the atmosphere?

4. When the book begins, where is the Naval Air Station that Pete Conrad is stationed at?

5. When Pete receives his top-secret orders, what is the project he is being asked to volunteer for?

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