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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue: The View from the Top.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much did it cost to build each U-2?
(a) $7 million.
(b) $9 million.
(c) $5 million.
(d) $1 million.

3. Where was Rich born and raised?
(a) Puerto Rico.
(b) Philippines.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Los Angeles.

4. How many hours could the U-2 fly without refueling?
(a) 11.
(b) 9.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

5. In May 1962, how long did it take for a Blackbird to fly from Edwards Air Force Base outside Los Angeles to Orlando, Florida?
(a) 1 hour and 28 minutes.
(b) 3 hours and 6 mintues.
(c) 2 hours and 17 minutes.
(d) 4 hours and 53 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many new airplanes were introduced in the 1950s?

2. How many years passed before Al Whitley could explain to his wife and kids the meaning of a plaque Rich had given him after he first flew the F-117A?

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

4. How did Johnson's wife Althea die in 1970?

5. How many of the 43 bridges spanning the Tigris-Euphrates River did the F-117A knock out?

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