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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The instruction manual to the device the ice crew used for measuring the temperatures said that the instrument must be out in the environment for at least how many minutes before using?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 15.
(d) 25.

2. What color was the sports car that was waiting for Richard outside the goodbye dinner?
(a) Blue.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

3. Who was the intermediary between Rogers, Keel, and Richard?
(a) General Kutyna.
(b) David Acheson.
(c) Neil Armstrong.
(d) Sally Ride.

4. When Richard went to a local hardware store, what does he buy besides some pliers and a small C-clamp?
(a) Two screwdrivers.
(b) Some wire.
(c) A hammer.
(d) Some safety glasses.

5. Where did General Kutyna invite Richard to come on a Wednesday when the commission had nothing to do?
(a) The CIA.
(b) The White House.
(c) The Pentagon.
(d) The Capitol building.

6. How many pins hold together the sections of the rocket?
(a) 200.
(b) 215.
(c) 150.
(d) 180.

7. What appeared a few seconds before the main fuel tank exploded?
(a) A leak of fuel.
(b) A flame.
(c) An empty hole in the shuttle.
(d) A puff of smoke.

8. Who headed the design, development, and production panel of the commission?
(a) Mr. Sutter.
(b) Dr. Ride.
(c) Mr. Acheson.
(d) General Kutyna.

9. How does Richard describe how the shuttle gets into orbit?
(a) Automatically.
(b) By someone on the ground controlling the rocket.
(c) By one of the crew members pussing one button.
(d) By the crew all pushing a button.

10. Who were the two beautiful blondes who were inside the sports car waiting outside the goodbye dinner?
(a) General Kutyna's daughters.
(b) Richard's daughters.
(c) College students.
(d) Reporters.

11. In Check Six, Richard states that "tomorrow at 6:15" they were going to be briefed and go by special airplane to where?
(a) Thiokol.
(b) New York City.
(c) Kennedy Space Center.
(d) Texas.

12. What show did Richard agree to appear on a Monday evening?
(a) The Larry King Show.
(b) The Late, Late Show.
(c) The Tonight Show.
(d) The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour.

13. In the simulator that Richard was observing, what were the trays that were in the back of the crew area full of?
(a) Controls.
(b) Cables.
(c) Food.
(d) Space suits.

14. Richard asked to speak with engineers about the engines on the shuttle, and they explained what by saying it's a "pressure-induced vorticity oscillatory wa-wa"?
(a) A puff of smoke.
(b) A whistle.
(c) A red alert siren.
(d) A rising flame.

15. Whose group was present when Richard showed up at the Johnson Space Center in Houston?
(a) General Kutyna's group.
(b) Mr. Sutter.
(c) Mr. Acheson's group.
(d) Dr. Ride's group.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Richard's sister's son that he mentions in Check Six?

2. Where was the paper located that had leaked the news that Richard had threatened to take his name off the report?

3. The temperature was measured in the air, the rocket, the ground, the ice, and even a puddle of slush with what in it?

4. During what month did Richard travel to give the report to the president of the United States?

5. Who was the former director of NASA who was removed from his job pending an investigation?

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