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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Letters, Photos, and Drawings.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The secretary to the queen had a yard that was not yet landscaped except for what?
(a) A horse enclosure.
(b) A playground.
(c) A vegetable garden.
(d) A flower garden.

2. Richard tells a story about an old friend in Los Alamos calling him to tell him some sad news. The sad news was that who had died?
(a) William.
(b) Arlene.
(c) Herman.
(d) Shirley.

3. Richard talks about "contemporaries" of his that he hung out with. He mentions that Robert Stapler was what type of person?
(a) Literary type.
(b) Math type.
(c) Scientific type.
(d) Sports type.

4. 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) Central heat.
(b) Labs.
(c) Educated fathers.
(d) Televisions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Richard noticed the tree frog in the garden, he also noted a snake of what color?

2. What was the name of Richard's sister?

3. In Part 1: Getting Ahead, Richard was returning from Brazil by what?

4. When Richard wanted to stay at a small inn in Iseokitsu but was discouraged by his host and by the innkeeper, Richard asked what the trouble was. What did the innkeeper tell the host the trouble is?

5. When Richard's father was teaching him about birds and why they peck at their feathers, what did his father tell him the lice eat flakes of?

(see the answer key)

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