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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, The Two-Billion-Dollar Bomber.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many missiles did Hussein have in and around Baghdad?
(a) 21,000.
(b) 14,000.
(c) 19,000.
(d) 16,000.

2. By the time Skunk Works had created design A-11, how much were they able to reduce the radar cross section of what became the Blackbird?
(a) 70 percent.
(b) 80 percent.
(c) 90 percent.
(d) 75 percent.

3. Which two groups agreed to purchase the drone?
(a) CIA and Air Force.
(b) Air Force and Navy.
(c) Army and Navy.
(d) Navy and Marines.

4. During a night flight out of Turkey, how many fighters did the Soviets scramble against a U-2?
(a) 43.
(b) 28.
(c) 36.
(d) 57.

5. How many engines did the B-70 have?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of a deadline was Skunk Works given to test-fly the first stealth fighter?

2. In Chapter 2, what type of a work week did the senior aerodynamicists, thermodynamicists, propulsion specialists, stress and structures, and weight engineers work to meet a deadline?

3. How far did it take to make a tight turn in a Blackbird?

4. What bomber was the United States using to counter the Soviet heavy bombers?

5. What new speed record did the Blackbird establish in 1965?

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