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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. Richard states in Check Six, that his name was in the newspaper every day as a result of what?
(a) Being straight.
(b) Having a likeable face.
(c) Being related to a writer for the newspaper.
(d) Him being nice to the reporters.

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

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

4. What temperature did the Thiokol engineers tell NASA the shuttle shouldn't fly below?
(a) 29 degrees.
(b) 53 degrees.
(c) 35 degrees.
(d) 92 degrees.

5. Where did General Kutyna invite Richard to come on a Wednesday when the commission had nothing to do?
(a) The Capitol building.
(b) The White House.
(c) The Pentagon.
(d) The CIA.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color of cover did the report the commission actually have?

2. The meeting that the commission attended when they first arrived in Florida lasted until when?

3. What was the temperature the morning of the launch of the Challenger shuttle?

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

5. Who served as vice-chairman on the investigation committee to the Challenger accident?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Richard was done speaking to General Kutyna at the Pentagon, what did he do for the rest of the day?

2. How did General Kutyna describe the "check six" rule to Richard?

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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