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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From the original volunteers for the program, how many are finally accepted as astronauts?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 12.
(d) 7.

2. While NASA is introducing and promoting Project Mercury, what is the Air Force trying to promote?
(a) Chuck Yeager's breaking of the sound barrier.
(b) The superior hand-to-hand fighting skills of the pilots.
(c) The high number of kills in the Korean conflict.
(d) Their new recruiting practices.

3. Where is Cape Canaveral located?
(a) Jacksonville, Florida.
(b) Cocoa Beach, Florida.
(c) Miami Beach, Florida.
(d) Destin, Florida.

4. Who is John Glenn's greatest ally in the debate over how the astronauts should conduct themselves?
(a) Gus Grissom.
(b) Gordon Cooper.
(c) Scott Carpenter.
(d) Deke Slayton.

5. How many kills does Yeager have by the end of World War II?
(a) 21.
(b) 10.
(c) 5 1/2.
(d) 13 1/2.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much is NASA's press representative paid per year?

2. How does Ted Whelan die?

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

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

5. What is the nickname given to Pete's flight test class?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the procedures trainer?

2. What are John Glenn and Alan Shepard in serious disagreement about?

3. Why do Chuck Yeager's comments in Phoenix almost set off a national scandal? What happens to avoid the scandal?

4. What does Chuck Yeager become convinced of as he pilots the X-1 at near-Mach I speeds?

5. Why do the pilots come to hate Lovelace?

6. The engineers tend to feel that the glorification of the astronauts has really gotten out of control. Why do they feel that way?

7. Why do many pilots choose to try to pilot a wounded aircraft to the ground rather than eject?

8. What is written in Conrad's file as a reason he isn't selected for the Mercury program?

9. The training program for the chimpanzees is based on operant conditioning. Describe what that means for the chimpanzees.

10. NASA originally needs six astronauts for the Mercury program, but is going to take twelve astronauts. Why?

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