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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the Grand Hotel where Richard was staying?
(a) 26 years old.
(b) 50 years old.
(c) 12 years old.
(d) 3 years old.

2. When Richard was studying counting and the different things he can do while counting, he discovered that no one can do what while counting?
(a) Read out loud.
(b) Dream.
(c) Type an essay.
(d) Sing a rock song.

3. Who served as vice-chairman on the investigation committee to the Challenger accident?
(a) Richard, himself.
(b) Sally Ride.
(c) Neil Armstrong.
(d) William Rogers.

4. As range safety officer at Kennedy Space Center, what did Mr. Ullian have to decide?
(a) Whether to put destruct charges on the shuttle or not.
(b) How many people were to go on the shuttle.
(c) Whether to let visitors in to see the launch of the shuttle or not.
(d) Whether to launch the shuttle or not.

5. Richard's father told him that when an atom makes a transition from one state to another, it emits a particle of light called what?
(a) A photon.
(b) A neutron.
(c) A proton.
(d) A nucleus.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Richard talks about "contemporaries" of his that he hung out with. He mentions that Harold Gast and David Leff were what "types" of people?

3. While Richard was practicing the "art" of kissing with a girl at a party, there was excitement and people start saying that someone is coming. Who were they talking about?

4. What was the name of the rule that General Kutyna informs Richard about?

5. The temperature was measured in the air, the rocket, the ground, the ice, and even a puddle of slush with what in it?

(see the answer key)

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