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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Check Six.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who accompanied Richard on his trip to Kyoto?
(a) His son, Carl.
(b) His daughter, Michelle.
(c) Nobody.
(d) Gweneth.

2. When Richard took a taxi to the East Indian neighborhood, the taxi driver pointed out a man sitting on the front steps of a concrete block house and stated that the man's son was studying medicine where?
(a) Oklahoma.
(b) New York.
(c) Texas.
(d) Maryland.

3. When Richard bought a new pen at a kiosk, he was given two copies of the receipt. Why did the receipt say it was necessary to keep it?
(a) To keep as a souvenir.
(b) To show as proof as purchase.
(c) To avoid paying US customs duties.
(d) To keep track of where the item was purchased.

4. While on a tour inside the United Nations building in Geneva, Switzerland, Richard spotted a physicist friend of his from where?
(a) Japan.
(b) Russia.
(c) The U.S.A.
(d) Sweden.

5. When Richard's father showed him a photo of the pope, what did he tell Richard is the difference between the pope and the people that are bowing before him?
(a) That the pope was wearing a hat.
(b) That the pope was closer to God.
(c) That the pope is wiser.
(d) That the pope was older.

Short Answer Questions

1. Richard's father told him that when an atom makes a transition from one state to another, it emits a particle of light called what?

2. When Richard was attending graduate school, a guy walked in on him holding a pot in one hand and stirring with the other. What was in the pot that Richard was stirring?

3. What is the name of Richard's sister's son that he mentions in Check Six?

4. 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?

5. When Richard was a small boy, what did his father read to him?

(see the answer key)

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