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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 high were the ceilings in the Grand Hotel room that Richard was staying in?
(a) 12 feet.
(b) 20 feet.
(c) 10 feet.
(d) 15 feet.

2. The head of NASA had worked at the Hughes Aircraft Company where Richard had given lectures on which day of the week?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Thursday.

3. What was on the towel that hung close to the tub at the inn in Iseokitsu?
(a) A blue duck.
(b) Daffy Duck.
(c) Mickey Mouse.
(d) A yellow shark.

4. What time ddid Richard say they ate dinner in Greece?
(a) Between 5 and 6 pm.
(b) Between 8 and 9 pm.
(c) Between 9:30 and 10 pm.
(d) Between 4:30 and 5 pm.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did General Kutyna invite Richard to come on a Wednesday when the commission had nothing to do?

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. When Richard wanted to stay at a small inn in Iseokitsu but was discouraged by his host and by the innkeeper, Richard asked what the trouble was. What did the innkeeper tell the host the trouble is?

4. Richard stated that when he was a kid growing up in Far Rockaway, he and his friend, Bernie, both had what in their homes?

5. What was the bathtub made out of at the inn in Iseokitsu?

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