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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What temperature did the Thiokol engineers tell NASA the shuttle shouldn't fly below?
(a) 35 degrees.
(b) 92 degrees.
(c) 29 degrees.
(d) 53 degrees.

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

3. 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) Televisions.
(d) Central heat.

4. Instead of the NASA building being on 8th Street as had been written, what street was it actually located on?
(a) 9th Street.
(b) I Street.
(c) H Street.
(d) Hay Street.

5. What is located behind the area where the crew sits on a space shuttle?
(a) The cargo bay.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The engines.
(d) The fuel rockets.

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. The taxi driver mentioned in Part 1: Getting Ahead said he wanted to build for the future by betting on horses. What did the taxi driver say he would buy if he won money on the horses?

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

4. Richard mentions that a friend of his mother was trying to make a living during the Depression by doing what?

5. How many co-chairmen assisted Richard during the conference in Kyoto?

(see the answer key)

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