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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 was the head of the investigation commission of the Challenger accident?
(a) Dick Davies.
(b) Al Hibbs.
(c) William P. Rogers.
(d) William Graham.

2. What is located at the front of the space shuttle orbiter?
(a) The engines.
(b) The fuel rockets.
(c) The place where the crew sits.
(d) The cargo bay.

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

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

5. Richard talks about "contemporaries" of his that he hung out with. He mentions that Robert Stapler was what type of person?
(a) Sports type.
(b) Scientific type.
(c) Math type.
(d) Literary type.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the leader of the accident analysis group of the commission?

2. Every time the university mentioned in question #55 would ask Richard to come speak, what happened?

3. Richard told the women who were protesting that they should be concerned about the cop in his story. Why?

4. At the beginning of Part 2: Preliminaries, Richard states that he'd be talking a lot about what?

5. Who headed the pre-launch activities group of the commission?

(see the answer key)

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