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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Richard attended a meeting of physicists organized by John Wheeler, what was the name of the country club where they held the meetings?
(a) Shady Acres.
(b) Active Lifestyle.
(c) Texas Hold 'Em.
(d) World of Tennis.

2. What color were the pencils that Arlene sent to Richard?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

3. What is the name of the shuttle that Richard discusses in Part 2 of the book?
(a) Endeavour.
(b) Atlantis.
(c) Challenger.
(d) Columbia,

4. What type of joints are sealed at the Morton Thiokol factory?
(a) Link joints.
(b) Energy joints.
(c) Factory joints.
(d) Field joints.

5. In what year was Richard finally able to oblige the university that wanted him to speak?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1980.

6. Richard wrote a letter to Gweneth from the Grand Hotel. Where was the Grand Hotel located?
(a) Radom.
(b) Warsaw, Poland.
(c) Lublin.
(d) Opole.

7. Richard mentions that a friend of his mother was trying to make a living during the Depression by doing what?
(a) Running a day care for working moms.
(b) Selling baked goods.
(c) Teaching dance.
(d) Tutoring kids.

8. When Richard took his first date out, what did they talk about playing?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Freeze tag.
(c) The piano.
(d) Poker.

9. Every time the university mentioned in question #55 would ask Richard to come speak, what happened?
(a) They would have to cancel because of scheduling conflicts.
(b) Richard would get sick.
(c) Richard would have a conference he was busy at.
(d) They wouldn't have room on their itinerary.

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

11. Richard talks about "contemporaries" of his that he hung out with. He mentions that Harold Gast and David Leff were what "types" of people?
(a) Sports types.
(b) Literary types.
(c) Math types.
(d) Scientific types.

12. What was Richard's immediate reaction when he found out where the investigation of the shuttle accident was going to be?
(a) Not to do it.
(b) To become involved as much as possible.
(c) To ask his wife to come along with him.
(d) To see who else he knew on the committee.

13. When the solid-fuel rockets separate from the shuttle, where do they fall?
(a) They float into space.
(b) Into the sea.
(c) Into the atmosphere and then they disintegrate.
(d) On barren land.

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

15. What did Richard's mother teach him were the highest forms of understanding?
(a) Laughter and human compassion.
(b) Understanding and love.
(c) Individuality and strength.
(d) Acceptance and faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the rabbi asked Richard, "if it is so traumatic for you, why do you come to Sunday school?" What did Richard say?

2. What was the name of Richard's dog?

3. Richard was so sensitive about being a sissy that it even bothered him to buy what snacks from the market?

4. How far was the shrine from the inn where Richard stayed in Iseokitsu?

5. Richard made friends with the Queen's secretary and went to his home to meet his wife and family. How many daughters did the secretary have?

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