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

2. The instruction manual to the device the ice crew used for measuring the temperatures said that the instrument must be out in the environment for at least how many minutes before using?
(a) 15.
(b) 25.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

3. What was the name of the man who took the temperature readings the morning of the launch?
(a) B.K. Davis.
(b) Richard Rogers.
(c) Charlie Stevenson.
(d) William Burns.

4. Who does Richard state couldn't say everything that they wanted to because they still worked for NASA?
(a) William Graham.
(b) Sally Ride.
(c) William Rogers.
(d) General Kutyna.

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

Short Answer 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?

2. How many computers does the shuttle have on board?

3. Besides a bull in a china shop, what animal does Richard say suited him more?

4. What color was the sports car that was waiting for Richard outside the goodbye dinner?

5. Whose idea was it to put a teacher into space?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Richard received a call from General Kutyna one day telling him that he had some urgent news for him. What was the urgent news that General Kutyna was referring to?

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

5. What was Richard's reaction when someone on the staff brought him something to sign saying that his expenses were over the $75 a day?

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

7. 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?

8. 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?

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

10. When Richard left the meeting with engineers discussing the shuttle engines, what was the definite impression that he had about their situation?

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