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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many solid-fuel rockets help boost the shuttle for a few minutes before they separate from the shuttle?

2. When Richard visited a shrine with an enclave behind it, what ddid the Shinto priest do for him while they were having tea?

3. Richard decided to attend a new shrine dedication; what were the kids doing during the ceremony?

4. When Richard's father was teaching him about birds and why they peck at their feathers, what did his father tell him the lice eat flakes of?

5. What was Richard's immediate reaction when he found out where the investigation of the shuttle accident was going to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Richard finished philosophizing with the taxi driver, where did the taxi driver take him?

2. What did Richard tell his wife about the Palace of Culture and Science?

3. When Richard speaks about writing an essay for the regents examination, he states that his literary friends were always "throwing the bull." What does this mean, and why does Richard decide to do it?

4. Describe the auditorium in the United Nations building in Geneva, Switzerland that Richard took a tour of.

5. When Richard was at a party with his beach crowd, what was one of the older guys teaching them in the kitchen?

6. Why were there a lot of new buildings in Warsaw, Poland?

7. How did William Graham, the head of NASA, know Richard?

8. How did Richard learn about algebra?

9. In Getting Ahead, how did Richard reply to the taxi driver when asked why his "people" weren't getting anywhere?

10. When Richard is describing the shuttle, what does he say is the large, central part of the shuttle, and what does this part contain?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think of the way that Richard Feynman wrote this book? Did you enjoy learning about his life as a child and teenager? What story did you enjoy most about his life in Part 1 of the book? What story did enjoy most in Part 2 of the book? Describe your favorite parts in detail using specific information from the book to support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Richard Feynman decided to separate his book into two parts? Did this help you as a reader differentiate between his growing up years and more personal life and his research "life" on the investigation commission for the Challenger accident? Compare and contrast the person Richard was at the beginning of the book to the person he was at the end of Part 2.

Essay Topic 3

Describe General Kutyna. Describe what things about General Kutyna appealed to you as a reader and why he and Richard got along so well? Use specific examples from the book to explain your answers.

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