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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Richard decided to attend a new shrine dedication; what were the kids doing during the ceremony?
(a) Saying silent prayers.
(b) Listening and taking notes.
(c) Running up and down the steps.
(d) Singing a soft song.

2. In Part 1, Richard mentions kids playing in a field and one of them asking Richard to name a particular bird. What kind of bird did the child tell Richard the bird was?
(a) A brown-throated thrush.
(b) A Spencer's warbler.
(c) A red-crested woodpecker.
(d) A robin.

3. Where did General Kutyna invite Richard to come on a Wednesday when the commission had nothing to do?
(a) The Pentagon.
(b) The CIA.
(c) The Capitol building.
(d) The White House.

4. Richard talked about himself and Murray keeping each other awake on the plane arguing, but then they woke up over where?
(a) Europe.
(b) India.
(c) Greenland.
(d) Africa.

5. In the letter from Henry Bethe to Gweneth, Henry mentions a time when Richard was talking to him that he felt itchy and impatient waiting for a lecture. Richard mentioned to Henry that there are twice as many what?
(a) Animals as humans.
(b) Adults as babies.
(c) Ants as bees.
(d) Numbers as numbers.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What day of the week did the space shuttle have the accident?

4. How old was the Grand Hotel where Richard was staying?

5. What temperature did the Thiokol engineers tell NASA the shuttle shouldn't fly below?

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