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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Richard and his father were examining the leaf that was picked off a tree he stated that the line is the beginning of what color of fly?
(a) Brown.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black.

2. Richard's father told him that when an atom makes a transition from one state to another, it emits a particle of light called what?
(a) A neutron.
(b) A proton.
(c) A photon.
(d) A nucleus.

3. Where did commission member Al Keel come from?
(a) The White House.
(b) Yale University.
(c) New York City.
(d) Thiokol.

4. When Richard went away to college after completing high school, where did he go?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Yale.
(c) Michigan.
(d) MIT.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who headed the design, development, and production panel of the commission?

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. The head of NASA had worked at the Hughes Aircraft Company where Richard had given lectures on which day of the week?

4. 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"?

5. When General Kutyna and Richard left the room where they were discussing the shuttle, how many generals were waiting to use the room?

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