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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. General Kutyna invited Richard to meet with him so they could discuss the relationship between NASA and what?
(a) The Air Force.
(b) The White House officials.
(c) The Navy.
(d) The Army.

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

3. What day of the week was the report released to the public?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Thursday.

4. When Richard went to a local hardware store, what does he buy besides some pliers and a small C-clamp?
(a) A hammer.
(b) Two screwdrivers.
(c) Some wire.
(d) Some safety glasses.

5. Who served as vice-chairman on the investigation committee to the Challenger accident?
(a) Neil Armstrong.
(b) Sally Ride.
(c) Richard, himself.
(d) William Rogers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Fantastic Figures, what was the name of the Thiokol manager who testified at a meeting of the commission?

2. In the simulator that Richard was observing, what were the trays that were in the back of the crew area full of?

3. What does the last computer have a program or programs for?

4. Who headed the pre-launch activities group of the commission?

5. When Richard and the other members of the investigation commission get to Florida they were originally going to go around Kennedy Space Center, but what happened first?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What was Richard's reaction when the reporters told him that he could just say, "not for attribution"?

3. What did Mr. Rogers say to members of the commission about being careful with "these people, whose careers depend on us"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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