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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. When Richard took his first date out, what did they talk about playing?

2. Richard wrote a letter to Gweneth from the Grand Hotel. Where was the Grand Hotel located?

3. What did Richard's mother teach him were the highest forms of understanding?

4. What was the name of Richard's dog?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Richard's hotel room at the Grand Hotel in Warsaw, Poland.

2. How did Richard's friend from Los Alamos explain to him how she may have mistakenly thought that he knew Herman?

3. What other projects did Richard have going on at the time when he was asked to participate in the Challenger investigation?

4. How did Richard describe the Hotel Amigo in Brussels?

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

6. What did the policeman do while Richard followed the procession?

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

8. What happened when Arlene found a summer job in Scituate, taking care of children to be close to Richard?

9. What did Richard tell Gweneth he'd be doing for six months, and what did he do after he said this to her?

10. What did Kyoto University tell Richard when he told them he had no paper to give at the conference?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the experiences that Gweneth and Richard had in Togi at the inn and at the new shrine dedication. Why do you think Gweneth and Richard enjoyed their stay so much in Japan during this time? Explain your reasoning and use specific information from the book.

Essay Topic 2

In the afterthoughts of the book, Richard states that he invented a theory of what led to the lack of communication in NASA. Expound on the thoughts that Richard has about his theory that he came up with and on what his friends thing about his theory. Describe your thoughts on Richard's theory. Use specific information from the book to include in your description and thoughts.

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Richard had such a hard time believing in the miracles that he learned about in Sunday school? Explain what Richard's feelings were toward the stories that were told in church and how that shaped him for his life to come. Reference the book to support your thoughts.

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