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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What happens when a shuttle reaches 4,000 feet before landing?
(a) The pilot pushes a button to lower the landing gear.
(b) The computer lowers the landing gear.
(c) Someone on the ground lowers the landing gear.
(d) The shuttle computer decides whether to lower the landing gear or not.

4. Besides a bull in a china shop, what animal does Richard say suited him more?
(a) An ant.
(b) A mouse.
(c) An ox.
(d) An elephant.

5. When General Kutyna and Richard left the room where they were discussing the shuttle, how many generals were waiting to use the room?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Ten.

6. What chapter of the commission's report did Richard's group do their main work on?
(a) Chapter 4.
(b) Chapter 1.
(c) Chapter 5.
(d) Chapter 3.

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

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

9. 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.

10. When Charlie Stevenson was explaining the temperatures before the launch, how low of a temperature did his crew get a reading of?
(a) 25 degrees.
(b) 8 degrees.
(c) 22 degrees.
(d) 10 degrees.

11. 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 called the president of the United States.
(c) They had a public meeting.
(d) They went to the hotel where everyone was staying.

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

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

14. The temperature was measured in the air, the rocket, the ground, the ice, and even a puddle of slush with what in it?
(a) Salt.
(b) Oil.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Antifreeze.

15. Who in Richard's group was extremely good at writing?
(a) Neil Armstrong.
(b) Richard, himself.
(c) General Kutyna.
(d) Sally Ride.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who headed the pre-launch activities group of the commission?

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

3. Where did General Kutyna invite Richard to come on a Wednesday when the commission had nothing to do?

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

5. Who was the leader of the accident analysis group of the commission?

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