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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the eyes of the engineers, what are the astronauts?
(a) Essential to the success of the program.
(b) National heroes.
(c) Partners in a great mission.
(d) Test subjects in an experiment.

2. How does the author both begin and end the Epilogue?
(a) To everything there is a season.
(b) Every race has a beginning, a middle, and an end.
(c) The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away.
(d) To dream at all is to dream big.

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

4. What is the one sound that test pilots' wives are most afraid of?
(a) The church bells.
(b) The telephone.
(c) The door bell.
(d) The sound of a plane's engine.

5. What does the Air Force award to their pilots who fly at altitudes over fifty miles?
(a) A Distinguished Service Award.
(b) A Medal of Honor.
(c) Air Force Astronaut Wings.
(d) A Courageous Accomplishment Medal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens in Washington at about the same time as Yeager is taxiing down the runway for his test flight?

2. How many pilots are selected to comprise the second group of astronauts for the new moon program?

3. Which astronaut is known as the Icy Commander?

4. What does Gus Grissom find to be the strangest experience for him in the beginning of the press conference?

5. What are the pilots known by at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base?

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