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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. Besides telling the speakers when to stop, what other duty did Richard's co-chairmen perform?
(a) Making sure Richard was always comfortable.
(b) Introducing the speakers.
(c) Writing notes.
(d) Telling the next speaker when to start.

2. When Richard lost his pen; he asked for a pen at a kiosk and was told a pen cost how much?
(a) $0.98.
(b) 68 Zlotys.
(c) 14 Zlotys.
(d) $1.10.

3. Where is the Morton Thiokol factory located?
(a) Utah.
(b) California.
(c) Florida.
(d) Texas.

4. What is located behind the area where the crew sits on a space shuttle?
(a) The cargo bay.
(b) The fuel rockets.
(c) The engines.
(d) Nothing.

5. What temperature did the Thiokol engineers tell NASA the shuttle shouldn't fly below?
(a) 35 degrees.
(b) 29 degrees.
(c) 92 degrees.
(d) 53 degrees.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Richard hear the investigation of the shuttle accident would be?

3. 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?

4. In what year did the space shuttle accident occur?

5. Who does Richard state couldn't say everything that they wanted to because they still worked for NASA?

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