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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 the rule that General Kutyna informs Richard about?
(a) Hold nine.
(b) Check six.
(c) Watch three.
(d) Fire twelve.

2. Who told Richard that they also had a cousin in the press?
(a) Mr. Rogers.
(b) Mr. Frank.
(c) Mr. Williams.
(d) Mr. Sanchez.

3. The meeting that the commission attended when they first arrived in Florida lasted until when?
(a) 7:30 PM.
(b) 8:00 PM.
(c) 6:45 PM.
(d) 5:00 PM.

4. When Richard and the other members of the investigation commission get to Florida they were originally going to go around Kennedy Space Center, but what happened first?
(a) They had a public meeting.
(b) They called the president of the United States.
(c) They went to the hotel where everyone was staying.
(d) They had a news conference with reporters.

5. What was the temperature the morning of the launch of the Challenger shuttle?
(a) 53 degrees.
(b) 35 degrees.
(c) 19 degrees.
(d) 29 degrees.

6. What does the last computer have a program or programs for?
(a) Keeping the shuttle in orbit.
(b) Coming down.
(c) Going up and coming down.
(d) Going up.

7. How many days did the chairman of the committee tell everyone it would take to complete the investigation?
(a) 210.
(b) 120.
(c) 160.
(d) 90.

8. Mr. Ullian calculated how much of a chance of failure?
(a) 1 percent.
(b) 1/8 percent.
(c) 10 percent.
(d) 1/2 percent.

9. After Richard got off the red-eye flight to Washington, what hotel did he check in to?
(a) The L'Enfant Plaza Hotel.
(b) The Harrington Hotel.
(c) The Holiday Inn.
(d) The Hay Adams Hotel.

10. What is the name of Richard's sister's son that he mentions in Check Six?
(a) Jeffery.
(b) Hardy.
(c) Chuck.
(d) Wayne.

11. How long were the puffs of smoke that were pictured coming out of the shuttle while it was still on the launch pad?
(a) One foot long.
(b) Six feet long.
(c) Five feet long.
(d) Four feet long.

12. Who headed the pre-launch activities group of the commission?
(a) Dr. Ride.
(b) Mr. Sutter.
(c) Mr. Rogers.
(d) Mr. Acheson.

13. What was the probability of failure figure that NASA told Mr. Ullian?
(a) 1 in 100.
(b) 1 in 100,000.
(c) 1 in 10,000.
(d) 1 in 1,000.

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

15. 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) 25.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money was Richard allowed per day for hotel and food?

2. What was the name of the seals expert who talked to Richard?

3. Besides a bull in a china shop, what animal does Richard say suited him more?

4. Where did commission member Al Keel come from?

5. What color of cover did the commission vote on to have on the report?

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