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

2. What did Richard say was the word that described the "printed pictures which had just come out in newspapers"?
(a) Letterographies.
(b) Printographs.
(c) Rotogravures.
(d) Pictorials.

3. Who was in charge of the mission planning and operations group?
(a) General Kutyna.
(b) Mr. Sutter.
(c) Dr. Ride.
(d) Mr. Rogers.

4. 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) Type an essay.
(b) Read out loud.
(c) Dream.
(d) Sing a rock song.

5. How old was Henry Bethe when he talked to Richard before a lecture by Konrad Lorenz?
(a) Four or five-years old.
(b) Eight or nine-years old.
(c) Twelve or thirteen-years old.
(d) Ten or eleven-years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Charlie Stevenson was explaining the temperatures before the launch, how low of a temperature did his crew get a reading of?

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

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

4. What lingo did Mr. Fichtel say was used when all the conditions are satisfied and "we're ready to move to the next phase of the operation"?

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

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