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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Instead of the NASA building being on 8th Street as had been written, what street was it actually located on?
(a) H Street.
(b) 9th Street.
(c) Hay Street.
(d) I Street.

5. As range safety officer at Kennedy Space Center, what did Mr. Ullian have to decide?
(a) Whether to put destruct charges on the shuttle or not.
(b) How many people were to go on the shuttle.
(c) Whether to let visitors in to see the launch of the shuttle or not.
(d) Whether to launch the shuttle or not.

6. What day of the week did the commission deliver their report to the president of the United States?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Friday.

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

8. Who was in charge of the mission planning and operations group?
(a) Mr. Rogers.
(b) General Kutyna.
(c) Dr. Ride.
(d) Mr. Sutter.

9. How much of a warning does the Houston center of communication need to tie in the shuttle with a specific place?
(a) Three minutes.
(b) Three months.
(c) Three hours.
(d) Three days.

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

11. How much money was Richard allowed per day for hotel and food?
(a) $100.
(b) $50.
(c) $85.
(d) $75.

12. Who was the former director of NASA who was removed from his job pending an investigation?
(a) Mr. Beggs.
(b) General Kutyna.
(c) William Graham.
(d) William Rogers.

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the simulator that Richard was observing, what were the trays that were in the back of the crew area full of?

2. Where did the commission travel to to deliver their report to the president?

3. What appeared a few seconds before the main fuel tank exploded?

4. What chapter of the commission's report did Richard's group do their main work on?

5. After the meeting that the commission attended when they first arrived in Florida finished, where did they go next?

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