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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Swatting at Mosquitoes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Al Whitley's rank in the Air Force at the time he was chosen to fly the first F-117A?
(a) Major.
(b) Colonel.
(c) Captain.
(d) Lieutenant colonel.

2. When was the Skunk Works headquarters built?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1948.

3. How did Rich's wife Faye die?
(a) Auto accident.
(b) Boating accident.
(c) Breat cancer.
(d) Lung cancer.

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

5. About how many hours of flying did Al Whitley have logged in when he flew the F-117A?
(a) About 900.
(b) About 1,000.
(c) About 1,200.
(d) About 750.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did it take from start to finish for a new airplane to become operational on a flight line?

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

3. How long did it take McDonnell Douglas to build the fighters it began building at the same time Skunk Works was building stealth fighters?

4. What type of bombs did the F-117As use in Baghdad?

5. What would be the equivalent radar signature of the Hopeless Diamond?

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