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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. Where was the ceremony held where the commission delivered its report to the president?
(a) The dining room.
(b) The Oval Office.
(c) The Ball Room.
(d) The Rose Garden.

2. Where was the press conference going to be held that Richard had his secretary set up for Tuesday?
(a) Caltech.
(b) New York.
(c) Washington.
(d) Houston.

3. Where did the commission travel to to deliver their report to the president?
(a) Houston.
(b) Kennedy Space Center.
(c) New York City.
(d) Washington.

4. What was the temperature the morning of the launch of the Challenger shuttle?
(a) 29 degrees.
(b) 19 degrees.
(c) 35 degrees.
(d) 53 degrees.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After the meeting that the commission attended when they first arrived in Florida finished, where did they go next?

3. After Richard got off the red-eye flight to Washington, what hotel did he check in to?

4. What is the name of Richard's sister's son that he mentions in Check Six?

5. How much money was Richard allowed per day for hotel and food?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Richard describe in Meet The Press as working "like demons" and why were they working "like demons"?

2. What was Richard's impression about what was going to happen with the commission getting together at one point?

3. What was the rumor as to why NASA tried to make the shuttle fly in spite of the cold?

4. Where did Richard go when he excused himself from the rest of the guided tour of the Kennedy Space Center?

5. Why did Richard decide it would be a good idea to fly to Washington on Tuesday even though he wasn't needed for the first meeting with the commission until Wednesday?

6. What did the JPL engineers tell Richard that some of the people that worked on the engines always did on each flight?

7. When Richard had his press conference at Caltech, what did he find himself telling reporters over and over?

8. If a section of the shuttle needed to be reshaped a little bit and the hanging method had already been used, what method would then be used?

9. Why are the brakes on the shuttle controlled by the computers instead of the astronauts?

10. Which two groups did Richard spend his time helping, and which group was the one that he helped the most during the investigation?

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