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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Richard's father showed him a photo of the pope, what did he tell Richard is the difference between the pope and the people that are bowing before him?
(a) That the pope was closer to God.
(b) That the pope is wiser.
(c) That the pope was older.
(d) That the pope was wearing a hat.

2. Richard found out that the funeral for his unknown "friend" was going to be on what day?
(a) May 10th.
(b) May 1st.
(c) May 3rd.
(d) May 4th.

3. When Richard attended a meeting of physicists organized by John Wheeler, what was the name of the country club where they held the meetings?
(a) Shady Acres.
(b) Texas Hold 'Em.
(c) Active Lifestyle.
(d) World of Tennis.

4. A lady across the street from the inn in Iseokitsu gave Richard what?
(a) A kimono.
(b) A painting.
(c) A silk ball.
(d) A wind chime.

5. What did Richard say was the word that described the "printed pictures which had just come out in newspapers"?
(a) Printographs.
(b) Letterographies.
(c) Pictorials.
(d) Rotogravures.

Short Answer Questions

1. Richard wrote a letter to Gweneth from the Grand Hotel. Where was the Grand Hotel located?

2. How old was the Grand Hotel where Richard was staying?

3. What kind of style did the queen's secretary build his house in?

4. When Richard's father started to read from Richard's calculus book, what did he find?

5. What is located behind the area where the crew sits on a space shuttle?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Richard's father make the Tyrannosaurus Rex more understandable and more real to Richard when he was young?

2. How did Richard's friend from Los Alamos explain to him how she may have mistakenly thought that he knew Herman?

3. Describe what happened when Richard showed up at Barbara's house to take her out on their date.

4. When Richard was asked to give a speech after the mayor had spoken at the dedication ceremony of the shrine, what did he say?

5. At the end of Part 1: The Making of a Scientist, Richard mentions his mother. What does he say about her?

6. What happened when Arlene found a summer job in Scituate, taking care of children to be close to Richard?

7. How did Richard describe the Hotel Amigo in Brussels?

8. What did Richard tell Gweneth he'd be doing for six months, and what did he do after he said this to her?

9. Why did Richard tell Gweneth and Michelle that he had to write with a paper on his lap when he wrote his letter from the Royal Olympic Hotel in Athens?

10. What did Kyoto University tell Richard when he told them he had no paper to give at the conference?

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