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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. What accounted for the large gaps of time in the log that was kept by the man who took the temperature readings the morning of the launch?
(a) The times that he had to check on something else on the launch pad.
(b) The times he climbed up and down the launch tower.
(c) The times he was phoning in to the launch station.
(d) The times that he had to go to the bathroom.

2. In Fantastic Figures, what was the name of the Thiokol manager who testified at a meeting of the commission?
(a) Mr. Hollings.
(b) Mr. Robinson.
(c) Mr. Rogers.
(d) Mr. Lund.

3. What appeared a few seconds before the main fuel tank exploded?
(a) An empty hole in the shuttle.
(b) A flame.
(c) A leak of fuel.
(d) A puff of smoke.

4. What was the name of the rule that General Kutyna informs Richard about?
(a) Fire twelve.
(b) Watch three.
(c) Check six.
(d) Hold nine.

5. Who was the head of the investigation commission of the Challenger accident?
(a) Dick Davies.
(b) William P. Rogers.
(c) William Graham.
(d) Al Hibbs.

Short Answer Questions

1. When General Kutyna and Richard left the room where they were discussing the shuttle, how many generals were waiting to use the room?

2. Who in Richard's group was extremely good at writing?

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

4. Richard states in Check Six, that his name was in the newspaper every day as a result of what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. The shuttle's computers don't have enough memory to hold all the programs for the whole flight, so what has to happen?

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

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

4. What did one of the reporters from the MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour say to Richard that provided an "out" for the situation he put himself in by mistakenly providing the reporters with a copy of his report?

5. What was the main thing Richard said he learned during the first official meeting of the commission?

6. What does Richard say about seeing a congressman give his opinion on something?

7. 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?

8. When the astronauts know where they're supposed to land, they have to push one of three buttons. What are these buttons for?

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

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

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