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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many pins hold together the sections of the rocket?
(a) 200.
(b) 180.
(c) 215.
(d) 150.

2. The instruction manual to the device the ice crew used for measuring the temperatures said that the instrument must be out in the environment for at least how many minutes before using?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 25.
(d) 20.

3. When Richard took a taxi to the East Indian neighborhood, the taxi driver pointed out a man sitting on the front steps of a concrete block house and stated that the man's son was studying medicine where?
(a) New York.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Oklahoma.
(d) Texas.

4. When Charlie Stevenson was explaining the temperatures before the launch, how low of a temperature did his crew get a reading of?
(a) 25 degrees.
(b) 22 degrees.
(c) 10 degrees.
(d) 8 degrees.

5. After the meeting that the commission attended when they first arrived in Florida finished, where did they go next?
(a) To a local bar.
(b) To a dinner set up by Mr. Rogers.
(c) To their hotel room.
(d) To Kennedy Space Center.

Short Answer Questions

1. Richard told the women who were protesting that they should be concerned about the cop in his story. Why?

2. When Richard stood to accept his award from the American Association of Physics Teachers, he told the crowd that instead of talking about teaching he is going to talk about what?

3. There are joints that hold sections of the shuttle together. How many different types of joints are there?

4. Who was the head of NASA who called Richard a few days after the accident?

5. What accounted for the large gaps of time in the log that was kept by the man who took the temperature readings the morning of the launch?

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