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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Preliminaries; Committing Suicide.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Richard took a taxi to the East Indian neighborhood, the taxi driver pointed out a man sitting on the front steps of a concrete block house and stated that the man's son was studying medicine where?
(a) New York.
(b) Oklahoma.
(c) Texas.
(d) Maryland.

2. 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?
(a) That they are too far from the conference.
(b) That they donot have enough room.
(c) That they don't speak any English.
(d) That they don't have a Western style toilet.

3. In the letter from Henry Bethe to Gweneth, Henry mentions a time when Richard was talking to him that he felt itchy and impatient waiting for a lecture. Richard mentioned to Henry that there are twice as many what?
(a) Ants as bees.
(b) Adults as babies.
(c) Numbers as numbers.
(d) Animals as humans.

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

5. What was Richard's immediate reaction when he found out where the investigation of the shuttle accident was going to be?
(a) Not to do it.
(b) To see who else he knew on the committee.
(c) To ask his wife to come along with him.
(d) To become involved as much as possible.

Short Answer Questions

1. Richard stated that when he was a kid growing up in Far Rockaway, he and his friend, Bernie, both had what in their homes?

2. Richard wrote a letter to Gweneth from the Grand Hotel. Where was the Grand Hotel located?

3. 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?

4. When the taxi driver took Richard around an East Indian neighborhood, he pointed out two women he admired who gathered enough money to buy what?

5. Richard tells a story of his little boy saying that he could no longer say a particular word because his "word bag" had run out of that word. What word was it?

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