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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) That they are too far from the conference.
(b) That they donot have enough room.
(c) That they don't speak any English.
(d) That they don't have a Western style toilet.

2. When Richard's father started to read from Richard's calculus book, what did he find?
(a) That they were wrong in a particular principle they are trying to teach.
(b) That it's confusing.
(c) That he knew the author of the book.
(d) That it made perfect sense.

3. How many co-chairmen assisted Richard during the conference in Kyoto?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

4. Richard states that he joined a specific group because Arlene had joined that group. What kind of group was it?
(a) A math group.
(b) An art group.
(c) A speech group.
(d) A ballet group.

5. How old was the Grand Hotel where Richard was staying?
(a) 50 years old.
(b) 12 years old.
(c) 26 years old.
(d) 3 years old.

6. When Richard was studying counting and the different things he can do while counting, he discovered that no one can do what while counting?
(a) Read out loud.
(b) Dream.
(c) Sing a rock song.
(d) Type an essay.

7. Richard stated that when he was a kid growing up in Far Rockaway, he and his friend, Bernie, both had what in their homes?
(a) Educated fathers.
(b) Televisions.
(c) Central heat.
(d) Labs.

8. 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.

9. When Richard was walking his first date home, he complimented her on her pretty what?
(a) Eyes.
(b) Gloves.
(c) Hair.
(d) Dress.

10. While Richard and his father were examining the leaf that was picked off a tree he stated that the line is the beginning of a fly with what color eyes?
(a) Red.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

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

12. How many solid-fuel rockets help boost the shuttle for a few minutes before they separate from the shuttle?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

13. In what year did the space shuttle accident occur?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1984.

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

15. 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) Blue.
(b) Black.
(c) Green.
(d) Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the solid-fuel rockets separate from the shuttle, where do they fall?

2. What did Richard say was the word that described the "printed pictures which had just come out in newspapers"?

3. In Part 1, Richard mentions an artist friend who stated that scientists take beautiful flowers apart and then the flowers become what?

4. Where did Richard hear the investigation of the shuttle accident would be?

5. What type of joints are sealed at the Morton Thiokol factory?

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