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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Richard took his first date out, what did they talk about playing?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Freeze tag.
(c) The piano.
(d) Poker.

3. After Richard graduated from college where did he decide to further his education?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Yale.
(c) Princeton.
(d) MIT.

4. 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?
(a) A nucleus.
(b) A photon.
(c) A neutron.
(d) A proton.

5. When Richard was a small boy, what did his father read to him?
(a) The bible.
(b) The Encyclopaedia Britannica.
(c) The Adventures of Huck Finn.
(d) The dictionary.

6. Richard made friends with the Queen's secretary and went to his home to meet his wife and family. How many daughters did the secretary have?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

7. Richard tells a story about an old friend in Los Alamos calling him to tell him some sad news. The sad news was that who had died?
(a) William.
(b) Herman.
(c) Shirley.
(d) Arlene.

8. Besides telling the speakers when to stop, what other duty did Richard's co-chairmen perform?
(a) Writing notes.
(b) Telling the next speaker when to start.
(c) Introducing the speakers.
(d) Making sure Richard was always comfortable.

9. In Part 1, Richard mentions an artist friend who stated that scientists take beautiful flowers apart and then the flowers become what?
(a) Dull.
(b) Deep.
(c) Scientific.
(d) Broken.

10. What day of the week did the space shuttle have the accident?
(a) Monday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Tuesday.

11. What was Richard's immediate reaction when he found out where the investigation of the shuttle accident was going to be?
(a) To become involved as much as possible.
(b) To see who else he knew on the committee.
(c) To ask his wife to come along with him.
(d) Not to do it.

12. The head of NASA had worked at the Hughes Aircraft Company where Richard had given lectures on which day of the week?
(a) Monday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Wednesday.

13. What was the name of the girl that Richard has his first date with?
(a) Barbara.
(b) Arlene.
(c) Angela.
(d) Lisa.

14. When Richard joined the same group as Arlene, he found out that she had a boyfriend named what?
(a) Brian.
(b) Charley.
(c) Jerome.
(d) Alex.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Richard was studying counting and the different things he can do while counting, he discovered that no one can do what while counting?

2. When Richard lost his pen; he asked for a pen at a kiosk and was told a pen cost how much?

3. When Richard was walking his first date home, he complimented her on her pretty what?

4. When the rabbi asked Richard, "if it is so traumatic for you, why do you come to Sunday school?" What did Richard say?

5. When Richard went away to college after completing high school, where did he go?

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