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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Richard's sister?
(a) Julie.
(b) Jane.
(c) Joan.
(d) Jillian.

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

3. Where was the place that Richard mentions that all people from New York City go in the summer?
(a) The Hamptons.
(b) The Catskill Mountains.
(c) Fire Island.
(d) Central Park.

4. How far was the shrine from the inn where Richard stayed in Iseokitsu?
(a) About five miles.
(b) About one mile.
(c) About two miles.
(d) About half a mile.

5. 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.

6. There are joints that hold sections of the shuttle together. How many different types of joints are there?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

7. The first time Richard ever said anything to the most popular girl at school was where?
(a) In a park.
(b) At a dance.
(c) During lunch break.
(d) In class.

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

9. When Richard was a small boy, what did his father read to him?
(a) The bible.
(b) The dictionary.
(c) The Encyclopaedia Britannica.
(d) The Adventures of Huck Finn.

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

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

12. What day of the week did the space shuttle have the accident?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Tuesday.

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

14. When Richard visited a shrine with an enclave behind it, what ddid the Shinto priest do for him while they were having tea?
(a) He did some calligraphy.
(b) He sung traditional songs.
(c) He played the drum.
(d) He read from religious texts.

15. 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?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what color did Richard see the letter X in his mind?

2. What did Richard say Arlene played beautifully?

3. When Richard went away to college after completing high school, where did he go?

4. When Richard's father was teaching him about birds and why they peck at their feathers, what did his father tell him the lice eat flakes of?

5. When Richard was older, his father picked a leaf off a tree that had a little brown line in the shape of what?

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