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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Richard looked in the garden near his room at the small family inn in Iseokitsu, he noticed what color of tree frog?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Orange.

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

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

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

5. Richard decided to attend a new shrine dedication; what were the kids doing during the ceremony?
(a) Singing a soft song.
(b) Running up and down the steps.
(c) Listening and taking notes.
(d) Saying silent prayers.

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

7. When Richard was attending graduate school, a guy walked in on him holding a pot in one hand and stirring with the other. What was in the pot that Richard was stirring?
(a) Jell-O.
(b) Ice cubes.
(c) Water.
(d) Pudding.

8. When Richard and his father were examining the leaf that was picked off a tree he stated that the line is the beginning of what color of fly?
(a) Brown.
(b) Black.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

9. When Richard went away to college after completing high school, where did he go?
(a) Yale.
(b) MIT.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Harvard.

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

11. 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 see who else he knew on the committee.
(d) To ask his wife to come along with him.

12. In the letter from Henry Bethe to Gweneth, Henry mentions a time when Richard was talking to him that he felt itchy and impatient waiting for a lecture. Richard mentioned to Henry that there are twice as many what?
(a) Ants as bees.
(b) Animals as humans.
(c) Adults as babies.
(d) Numbers as numbers.

13. While Richard was practicing the "art" of kissing with a girl at a party, there was excitement and people start saying that someone is coming. Who were they talking about?
(a) The parents.
(b) Martha.
(c) Arlene.
(d) The cops.

14. 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?
(a) Mites.
(b) Protein.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Leaves.

15. When Richard took a taxi to the East Indian neighborhood, the taxi driver pointed out a man sitting on the front steps of a concrete block house and stated that the man's son was studying medicine where?
(a) Texas.
(b) New York.
(c) Oklahoma.
(d) Maryland.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Richard states that when he saw equations in his mind, he saw the letters in color. In what color did he see the letter N?

4. Richard talks about "contemporaries" of his that he hung out with. He mentions that Harold Gast and David Leff were what "types" of people?

5. Why did Richard feel uncomfortable accepting the invitation of the university to come and visit?

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