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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the name of the man who took the temperature readings the morning of the launch?
(a) William Burns.
(b) Richard Rogers.
(c) Charlie Stevenson.
(d) B.K. Davis.

3. How many people lost their lives on the space shuttle?
(a) Nine.
(b) Five.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Seven.

4. How many solid-fuel rockets help boost the shuttle for a few minutes before they separate from the shuttle?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

5. 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?
(a) Why woman should rule the world.
(b) The structure of the proton.
(c) The meaning of life.
(d) The existance of other galaxies.

Short Answer 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?

2. When the solid-fuel rockets separate from the shuttle, where do they fall?

3. What lingo did Mr. Fichtel say was used when all the conditions are satisfied and "we're ready to move to the next phase of the operation"?

4. How long were the puffs of smoke that were pictured coming out of the shuttle while it was still on the launch pad?

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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