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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lingo did Mr. Fichtel say was used when all the conditions are satisfied and "we're ready to move to the next phase of the operation"?
(a) Take the road.
(b) Go for it.
(c) The light is green.
(d) All systems go.

2. Who does Richard state couldn't say everything that they wanted to because they still worked for NASA?
(a) General Kutyna.
(b) Sally Ride.
(c) William Rogers.
(d) William Graham.

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

4. Where was the press conference going to be held that Richard had his secretary set up for Tuesday?
(a) Caltech.
(b) New York.
(c) Houston.
(d) Washington.

5. Where did commission member Al Keel come from?
(a) Yale University.
(b) Thiokol.
(c) New York City.
(d) The White House.

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

7. 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) 15.
(d) 20.

8. Who was the head of the investigation commission of the Challenger accident?
(a) William Graham.
(b) Dick Davies.
(c) William P. Rogers.
(d) Al Hibbs.

9. How many computers does the shuttle have on board?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

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

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

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

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

14. Richard states in Check Six, that his name was in the newspaper every day as a result of what?
(a) Being straight.
(b) Being related to a writer for the newspaper.
(c) Having a likeable face.
(d) Him being nice to the reporters.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who in Richard's group was extremely good at writing?

3. How does Richard describe how the shuttle gets into orbit?

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

5. As range safety officer at Kennedy Space Center, what did Mr. Ullian have to decide?

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