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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author help Rasala build?
(a) A porch.
(b) A boat.
(c) An addition on his house.
(d) A competing version of the Eagle.

2. What do you learn after working at Data General for any period of time?
(a) Nothing ever happens unless you push it.
(b) That working for Data General is Hell.
(c) Everything happens for a reason.
(d) There is no such thing as a coincidence.

3. What is the class of solids that transistors are made of?
(a) Semiconductors.
(b) Microchips.
(c) Alloys.
(d) Plasmids.

4. What does UINST mean?
(a) User Instance.
(b) Universal Installer.
(c) Micro Instruction Set.
(d) Uninstall.

5. What is the first programming language that Alsing learns to use?
(a) Basic.
(b) Python.
(c) FORTRAN.
(d) C+.

Short Answer Questions

1. What new class of computer has DG not responded to?

2. What will West do if the kids don't stop laughing?

3. What type of shoes does Tom West wear?

4. How many jobs depend on the project being successful?

5. What does West call the confident, aggressive young engineers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were computers like in the early days?

2. How does Josh Rosen describe the management structure of the Eagle project?

3. Why does West not attempt to debug the Eagle?

4. What are the four rules of the Eagle team?

5. Describe Tom West.

6. How does West react to the time constraints on Eagle?

7. What was Tom West like as an engineer, friend, and person?

8. What complexities and problems exist in microcode?

9. What is the first NOVA?

10. Describe the weekly meetings Tom has with Wallach, Alsing, and Rasala.

(see the answer keys)

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