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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Simple as 1, 2,3; Getting Ahead; Hotel City; Who Is Herman; Sexist Pig.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. While on a tour inside the United Nations building in Geneva, Switzerland, Richard spotted a physicist friend of his from where?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Japan.
(c) The U.S.A.
(d) Russia.

3. Richard told the women who were protesting that they should be concerned about the cop in his story. Why?
(a) Because cops are corrupt.
(b) Because she was a woman.
(c) Because it is not known whether the cop was a man or a woman.
(d) Because he was harrassing a woman.

4. 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) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

5. In Part 1, Richard mentions kids playing in a field and one of them asking Richard to name a particular bird. What kind of bird did the child tell Richard the bird was?
(a) A robin.
(b) A red-crested woodpecker.
(c) A brown-throated thrush.
(d) A Spencer's warbler.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Richard's father started to read from Richard's calculus book, what did he find?

2. When Richard's father showed him a photo of the pope, what did he tell Richard is the difference between the pope and the people that are bowing before him?

3. The first time Richard ever said anything to the most popular girl at school was where?

4. When Richard talks about getting older and taking up reading and drawing, he mentions that he has limited what?

5. What color were the pencils that Arlene sent to Richard?

(see the answer key)

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