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

2. Before Richard was born, his father told his mother that "if it's a boy, he's going to be a" what?
(a) Astronaut.
(b) Thinker.
(c) Scientist.
(d) Teacher.

3. While Richard watched the dedication ceremony of a shrine, who tapped him on the shoulder?
(a) His wife.
(b) A small boy.
(c) The head priest.
(d) Their host.

4. Richard was so sensitive about being a sissy that it even bothered him to buy what snacks from the market?
(a) Bon-Bons and Lady Fingers.
(b) Peppermint Patties and Toasted Dainties.
(c) Toasted Dainties and Lady Fingers.
(d) Pink cupcakes and Peppermint Patties.

5. When Richard was older, his father picked a leaf off a tree that had a little brown line in the shape of what?
(a) A triangle.
(b) A circle.
(c) A question mark.
(d) The letter C.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the space shuttle accident occur?

2. After the ceremony at the shrine dedication, Richard was introduced to whom?

3. How high were the ceilings in the Grand Hotel room that Richard was staying in?

4. A lady across the street from the inn in Iseokitsu gave Richard what?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Richard speaks about writing an essay for the regents examination, he states that his literary friends were always "throwing the bull." What does this mean, and why does Richard decide to do it?

2. When did Richard finally cry after his wife passed away?

3. In Getting Ahead, how did Richard reply to the taxi driver when asked why his "people" weren't getting anywhere?

4. After Richard finished philosophizing with the taxi driver, where did the taxi driver take him?

5. How did Richard describe the Hotel Amigo in Brussels?

6. How did Richard's friend from Los Alamos explain to him how she may have mistakenly thought that he knew Herman?

7. What did Richard's father teach him about when Richard noticed the way his ball moved in his wagon?

8. When Richard was asked to give a speech after the mayor had spoken at the dedication ceremony of the shrine, what did he say?

9. What happened when Arlene found a summer job in Scituate, taking care of children to be close to Richard?

10. What did Kyoto University tell Richard when he told them he had no paper to give at the conference?

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