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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Letters, Photos, and Drawings.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Richard was attending graduate school, a guy walked in on him holding a pot in one hand and stirring with the other. What was in the pot that Richard was stirring?
(a) Water.
(b) Jell-O.
(c) Pudding.
(d) Ice cubes.

2. Why did Richard feel uncomfortable accepting the invitation of the university to come and visit?
(a) Because he had never been there before.
(b) Because he didn't like to travel.
(c) Because he had no paper to give.
(d) Because he had turned them down so many times.

3. While Richard was practicing the "art" of kissing with a girl at a party, there was excitement and people start saying that someone is coming. Who were they talking about?
(a) The cops.
(b) Arlene.
(c) The parents.
(d) Martha.

4. Richard stated that when he was a kid growing up in Far Rockaway, he and his friend, Bernie, both had what in their homes?
(a) Labs.
(b) Educated fathers.
(c) Central heat.
(d) Televisions.

5. What was the bathtub made out of at the inn in Iseokitsu?
(a) Tin.
(b) Wood.
(c) Steel.
(d) Fiberglass.

Short Answer Questions

1. A lady across the street from the inn in Iseokitsu gave Richard what?

2. Richard tells a story of his little boy saying that he could no longer say a particular word because his "word bag" had run out of that word. What word was it?

3. When Arlene was in the hospital in Albuquerque, why did she have a little charcoal broiler in her room?

4. Richard tells a story about an old friend in Los Alamos calling him to tell him some sad news. The sad news was that who had died?

5. After Richard noticed the tree frog in the garden, he also noted a snake of what color?

(see the answer key)

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