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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Preliminaries; Committing Suicide.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Richard talks about getting older and taking up reading and drawing, he mentions that he has limited what?
(a) Patience.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Time.

2. What is located behind the area where the crew sits on a space shuttle?
(a) The cargo bay.
(b) The engines.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The fuel rockets.

3. When Arlene was in the hospital in Albuquerque, why did she have a little charcoal broiler in her room?
(a) To give to Richard as a gift.
(b) To keep it warm.
(c) To make steaks.
(d) To make it more like home.

4. What was on the towel that hung close to the tub at the inn in Iseokitsu?
(a) Daffy Duck.
(b) Mickey Mouse.
(c) A yellow shark.
(d) A blue duck.

5. A lady across the street from the inn in Iseokitsu gave Richard what?
(a) A wind chime.
(b) A painting.
(c) A silk ball.
(d) A kimono.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Part 2: Preliminaries, Richard states that he'd be talking a lot about what?

2. Who was the head of NASA who called Richard a few days after the accident?

3. While on a tour inside the United Nations building in Geneva, Switzerland, Richard spotted a physicist friend of his from where?

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

5. What did Richard invite his first date to do with him?

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