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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. Who told Richard that they also had a cousin in the press?

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?

3. When Charlie Stevenson was explaining the temperatures before the launch, how low of a temperature did his crew get a reading of?

4. After Richard got off the red-eye flight to Washington, what hotel did he check in to?

5. Richard states in Check Six, that his name was in the newspaper every day as a result of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. In the beginning of Check Six, how does Richard explain how he felt about the press?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Gweneth's role in Richard's life. Compare and contrast the relationship of Gweneth and Richard to the relationship between Arlene and Richard. Use specific information from the book to support your analysis.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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