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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Animals as humans.
(b) Ants as bees.
(c) Adults as babies.
(d) Numbers as numbers.

2. Besides a bull in a china shop, what animal does Richard say suited him more?
(a) An elephant.
(b) A mouse.
(c) An ox.
(d) An ant.

3. Who accompanied Richard on his trip to Kyoto?
(a) His son, Carl.
(b) Gweneth.
(c) Nobody.
(d) His daughter, Michelle.

4. Instead of the NASA building being on 8th Street as had been written, what street was it actually located on?
(a) I Street.
(b) Hay Street.
(c) 9th Street.
(d) H Street.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Richard looked in the garden near his room at the small family inn in Iseokitsu, he noticed what color of tree frog?

2. When Arlene was in the hospital in Albuquerque, why did she have a little charcoal broiler in her room?

3. In the beginning of I Just Shook His Hand, what university does Richard mention that had wanted him to come speak for years?

4. Richard mentions that a friend of his mother was trying to make a living during the Depression by doing what?

5. 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?

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