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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. 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?
(a) "Please stop the nonsense!"
(b) "What are you talking about?"
(c) "Don't bug me, man!"
(d) "I've never heard of a woman scientist who knows more than me."

2. When Richard was a small boy, what did his father read to him?
(a) The Adventures of Huck Finn.
(b) The Encyclopaedia Britannica.
(c) The dictionary.
(d) The bible.

3. What was the name of Richard's dog?
(a) Spit-Spot.
(b) Kiwi.
(c) Charley.
(d) August.

4. When Richard and the other members of the investigation commission get to Florida they were originally going to go around Kennedy Space Center, but what happened first?
(a) They went to the hotel where everyone was staying.
(b) They had a news conference with reporters.
(c) They called the president of the United States.
(d) They had a public meeting.

5. 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?
(a) His own radio.
(b) His own home.
(c) His own taxicab.
(d) His own bicycle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Richard's mother teach him were the highest forms of understanding?

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

4. How many people lost their lives on the space shuttle?

5. Besides telling the speakers when to stop, what other duty did Richard's co-chairmen perform?

(see the answer key)

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