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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 were the two beautiful blondes who were inside the sports car waiting outside the goodbye dinner?

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

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

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

5. What was the name of the rule that General Kutyna informs Richard about?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Richard say about seeing a congressman give his opinion on something?

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Describe what the tenth recommendation in the report was. Expound on the objections that Richard had to this "recommendation" and what kind of run-around he got about it. Describe the end result of Richard's complaining about the tenth recommendation.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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