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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. How many people lost their lives on the space shuttle?
(a) Nine.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Eleven.

2. Why did Richard feel uncomfortable accepting the invitation of the university to come and visit?
(a) Because he had turned them down so many times.
(b) Because he had no paper to give.
(c) Because he had never been there before.
(d) Because he didn't like to travel.

3. What day of the week did the space shuttle have the accident?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Monday.

4. Richard talks about "contemporaries" of his that he hung out with. He mentions that Harold Gast and David Leff were what "types" of people?
(a) Sports types.
(b) Math types.
(c) Scientific types.
(d) Literary types.

5. What is located at the back end of the space shuttle orbiter?
(a) The cargo bay.
(b) The space for the crew.
(c) The engines.
(d) The fuel tanks.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the space shuttle accident occur?

2. After Richard graduated from college where did he decide to further his education?

3. What was the bathtub made out of at the inn in Iseokitsu?

4. The head of NASA had worked at the Hughes Aircraft Company where Richard had given lectures on which day of the week?

5. What type of joints are sealed at the Morton Thiokol factory?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the librarian say when Richard tried to check out the book, Calculus for the Practical Man, and who did he say the book is for?

2. What happens to the large central part of the shuttle a few minutes after a shuttle launch?

3. What did the ballroom in the palace in Brussels look like where Richard had to wait 20 minutes for the king and queen?

4. When Richard speaks about writing an essay for the regents examination, he states that his literary friends were always "throwing the bull." What does this mean, and why does Richard decide to do it?

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

6. What did the policeman do while Richard followed the procession?

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

8. Describe Richard's hotel room at the Grand Hotel in Warsaw, Poland.

9. What did Richard tell his wife about the Palace of Culture and Science?

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

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