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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 was the name of Richard's cousin whom he says educated him about the press?
(a) Nancy.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Frances.
(d) Eleanor.

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

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

4. How long were the puffs of smoke that were pictured coming out of the shuttle while it was still on the launch pad?
(a) Four feet long.
(b) Six feet long.
(c) One foot long.
(d) Five feet long.

5. Where was the paper located that had leaked the news that Richard had threatened to take his name off the report?
(a) Washington.
(b) Orlando.
(c) Houston.
(d) Miami.

Short Answer Questions

1. The temperature was measured in the air, the rocket, the ground, the ice, and even a puddle of slush with what in it?

2. Whose group was present when Richard showed up at the Johnson Space Center in Houston?

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

4. Richard asked to speak with engineers about the engines on the shuttle, and they explained what by saying it's a "pressure-induced vorticity oscillatory wa-wa"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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