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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Silver Bullet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did retired Skunk Works' director Kelly Johnson join Lockheed?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1933.

2. During what war did the Arabs use Soviet SAM-5s, defensive surface-to-air missiles?
(a) Six Day War.
(b) Yom Kippur War.
(c) Intifada I.
(d) Israel-Hamas War.

3. How many of the workers who applied for jobs with the Skunk Works flunked the drug testing?
(a) 58 percent.
(b) 12 percent.
(c) 44 percent.
(d) 23 percent.

4. 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?
(a) 10-hour days, 6 days a week.
(b) 11-hour days, 7 days a week.
(c) 12-hour days, 5 days a week.
(d) 14-hour days, 7 days a week.

5. When did Johnson start the Skunk Works?
(a) During the Korean War.
(b) During World War I.
(c) During the Vietnam War.
(d) After the Cuban missile crisis.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom was the test site built where the Have Blue was tested?

2. How long did it take Skunk Works to build their stealth fighters?

3. During his fifteen years of flight testing for Skunk Works, how many times did Bill Park have to bail out?

4. What did McDonnell Douglas begin building at the same time that Skunk Works was building the stealth fighter?

5. Who owned the test track where a model of the Hopeless Diamond was tested?

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