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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 happens when a shuttle reaches 4,000 feet before landing?
(a) The shuttle computer decides whether to lower the landing gear or not.
(b) The pilot pushes a button to lower the landing gear.
(c) The computer lowers the landing gear.
(d) Someone on the ground lowers the landing gear.

2. When Richard went to NASA to learn about the shuttle, the first briefer told him about the whole shuttle except for what part?
(a) The seals.
(b) The propellant.
(c) The boosters.
(d) The motor.

3. When Charlie Stevenson was explaining the temperatures before the launch, how low of a temperature did his crew get a reading of?
(a) 25 degrees.
(b) 10 degrees.
(c) 8 degrees.
(d) 22 degrees.

4. What is the name of Richard's sister's son that he mentions in Check Six?
(a) Jeffery.
(b) Wayne.
(c) Chuck.
(d) Hardy.

5. What color was the sports car that was waiting for Richard outside the goodbye dinner?
(a) Black.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the rule that General Kutyna informs Richard about?

2. Where was the paper located that had leaked the news that Richard had threatened to take his name off the report?

3. What does the last computer have a program or programs for?

4. What was the name of the seals expert who talked to Richard?

5. Who was in charge of the mission planning and operations group?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which two groups did Richard spend his time helping, and which group was the one that he helped the most during the investigation?

2. After Richard was done speaking to General Kutyna at the Pentagon, what did he do for the rest of the day?

3. What was the rumor as to why NASA tried to make the shuttle fly in spite of the cold?

4. What was Richard's impression about what was going to happen with the commission getting together at one point?

5. What was the main thing Richard said he learned during the first official meeting of the commission?

6. If a section of the shuttle needed to be reshaped a little bit and the hanging method had already been used, what method would then be used?

7. When Richard left the meeting with engineers discussing the shuttle engines, what was the definite impression that he had about their situation?

8. How did General Kutyna describe the "check six" rule to Richard?

9. Why are the brakes on the shuttle controlled by the computers instead of the astronauts?

10. The shuttle's computers don't have enough memory to hold all the programs for the whole flight, so what has to happen?

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