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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Four feet long.
(c) Six feet long.
(d) Five feet long.

3. How far was the NASA building from Richard's hotel?
(a) It was two blocks away.
(b) It was right across the street.
(c) It was out by a large open field about ten miles away.
(d) It was all the way across town.

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 news conference with reporters.
(b) They went to the hotel where everyone was staying.
(c) They had a public meeting.
(d) They called the president of the United States.

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

6. What temperature did the Thiokol engineers tell NASA the shuttle shouldn't fly below?
(a) 53 degrees.
(b) 92 degrees.
(c) 35 degrees.
(d) 29 degrees.

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

8. Who was the leader of the accident analysis group of the commission?
(a) Dr. Ride.
(b) Mr. Sutter.
(c) General Kutyna.
(d) Mr. Acheson.

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

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

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

12. When Richard went to NASA to learn about the shuttle, the first briefer told him about the whole shuttle except for what part?
(a) The seals.
(b) The boosters.
(c) The motor.
(d) The propellant.

13. Whose idea was it to put a teacher into space?
(a) NASA.
(b) Thiokol.
(c) Caltech.
(d) The president of the United States.

14. General Kutyna invited Richard to meet with him so they could discuss the relationship between NASA and what?
(a) The Army.
(b) The White House officials.
(c) The Navy.
(d) The Air Force.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many pins hold together the sections of the rocket?

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

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

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