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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 is the name of the dance hall Feynman likes to go to during his freshman year at MIT?
(a) Playmour Dance Hall.
(b) Raymour and Playmore Ballroom.
(c) Raymour and Flannigan Dance Hall.
(d) Raymore and Saymore Ballroom.

2. Feynman compares the sounds of listening to the radio as a boy to what?
(a) Italian opera.
(b) A visit to the dentist.
(c) The ocean.
(d) Church service.

3. Who is the women at the nightclub in Albuquerque that Feynman befriends married to?
(a) The master-of-ceremonies.
(b) The owner.
(c) The bouncer.
(d) The bartender.

4. What do all the fathers at the Girl Scout father-daughter banquet talk about?
(a) Golf.
(b) Stock market.
(c) Their daughters.
(d) Football.

5. Where does Feynman spend a summer working for the army?
(a) New York City.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Washington, DC.
(d) Frankfort.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Richard P. Feynman born?

2. What does Feynman's father tell him that the carnival mindreaders use?

3. What does the hypnotist at Princeton get Feynman to do?

4. What is the machine Feynman designs for the army intended to be used for?

5. What tools does Feynman need to pick a Yale lock?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Feynman encounters a Japanese man who wants him to use an abacus to solve math problems?

2. What does Feynman mean when he says he is working with a "different box of tools" than the math students are?

3. What was Feynman's role in the Manhattan Project?

4. What are Feynman's experience with hypnotism?

5. What is the result of the improvements to his job that young Feynman tries while working at his aunt's hotel?

6. How does Feynman get a reputation as a "big spender" at a nightclub in New Mexico?

7. How does Feynman spend the money he makes giving weekend lectures in Buffalo?

8. What is the purpose of the "Vitals" chapter?

9. What is Feynman's fascination with locks and safes?

10. What does Feynman discover about being a member of a fraternity while attending MIT?

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