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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. After Richard graduated from college where did he decide to further his education?
(a) Yale.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Harvard.
(d) MIT.

2. In Part 1, Richard mentions kids playing in a field and one of them asking Richard to name a particular bird. What kind of bird did the child tell Richard the bird was?
(a) A robin.
(b) A Spencer's warbler.
(c) A red-crested woodpecker.
(d) A brown-throated thrush.

3. In what year did the space shuttle accident occur?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1986.

4. What did Richard's mother teach him were the highest forms of understanding?
(a) Individuality and strength.
(b) Acceptance and faith.
(c) Understanding and love.
(d) Laughter and human compassion.

5. How high were the ceilings in the Grand Hotel room that Richard was staying in?
(a) 20 feet.
(b) 12 feet.
(c) 10 feet.
(d) 15 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. A lady across the street from the inn in Iseokitsu gave Richard what?

2. While Richard and his father were examining the leaf that was picked off a tree he stated that the line is the beginning of a fly with what color of wings?

3. When Richard was older, his father picked a leaf off a tree that had a little brown line in the shape of what?

4. What was Richard's immediate reaction when he found out where the investigation of the shuttle accident was going to be?

5. Richard talks about "contemporaries" of his that he hung out with. He mentions that Harold Gast and David Leff were what "types" of people?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Richard finally cry after his wife passed away?

2. What beauty did Richard state he could see in a flower?

3. Why was Richard told that it was all right when one speaker at the conference went over his time limit?

4. Describe what Richard looked like when he was performing one of his "experiments" and he forgot to lock the door and someone walked in on him.

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

6. 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?

7. Why did Richard show the innkeeper his receipt for his reservation at the big resort hotel?

8. When Richard heard about miracles at the temple, he tried to explain the miracles with natural phenomena. What was one of the miracles he says he could never figure out?

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

10. What did Richard's father teach him about when Richard noticed the way his ball moved in his wagon?

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