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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Gumshoes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the Morton Thiokol factory located?
(a) Florida.
(b) California.
(c) Texas.
(d) Utah.

2. In what color did Richard see the letter X in his mind?
(a) Midnight black.
(b) Dark brown.
(c) Emerald green.
(d) Burning orange.

3. What is located at the front of the space shuttle orbiter?
(a) The cargo bay.
(b) The engines.
(c) The place where the crew sits.
(d) The fuel rockets.

4. What was the name of Richard's sister?
(a) Julie.
(b) Jane.
(c) Jillian.
(d) Joan.

5. Richard told the women who were protesting that they should be concerned about the cop in his story. Why?
(a) Because she was a woman.
(b) Because cops are corrupt.
(c) Because he was harrassing a woman.
(d) Because it is not known whether the cop was a man or a woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. The temperature was measured in the air, the rocket, the ground, the ice, and even a puddle of slush with what in it?

2. Richard received a letter from a feminist group after a few of his lectures were published. What was Richard's short reply to this letter?

3. Where did Richard hear the investigation of the shuttle accident would be?

4. Richard states that when he saw equations in his mind, he saw the letters in color. In what color did he see the letter N?

5. When Charlie Stevenson was explaining the temperatures before the launch, how low of a temperature did his crew get a reading of?

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