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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Blowing Up Burbank.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did it take Skunk Works to build their stealth fighters?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 9 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 5 years.

2. When was Skunk Works created?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1943.

3. For how many years did the Taiwanese squadron fly U-2s over Red China?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 14 years.

4. What was the temperature at 8 a.m. on an August day in 1979?
(a) 95.
(b) 87.
(c) 90s.
(d) 100s.

5. How long did Johnson work at Lockheed?
(a) 39 years.
(b) 34 years.
(c) 42 years.
(d) 46 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many new workers were added at Skunk Works by Rich's third anniversary since taking over from Johnson?

2. During what war did the Arabs use Soviet SAM-5s, defensive surface-to-air missiles?

3. How many knots did pilots try to maintain in the U-2 when they reached their top altitude?

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

5. How big was Building 82 where the first of the two Have Blue prototypes were built?

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