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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. At the beginning of Part 2: Preliminaries, Richard states that he'd be talking a lot about what?
2. Richard states that he joined a specific group because Arlene had joined that group. What kind of group was it?
3. Richard states that when he saw equations in his mind, he saw the letters in color. In what color did he see the letter N?
4. Where is the Morton Thiokol factory located?
5. What kind of style did the queen's secretary build his house in?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Richard learn about algebra?
2. When Richard was in graduate school at Princeton, there was a psychology paper that came up about controlling the "time sense" in the brain. How did the author of this paper test his theory?
3. After Richard finished philosophizing with the taxi driver, where did the taxi driver take him?
4. What did Richard tell his wife about the Palace of Culture and Science?
5. Describe the auditorium in the United Nations building in Geneva, Switzerland that Richard took a tour of.
6. What did Richard's friends, Al Hibbs and Dick Davies, tell Richard he should do about being asked to be on the investigation committee of the Challenger accident?
7. What happens to the large central part of the shuttle a few minutes after a shuttle launch?
8. What did Kyoto University tell Richard when he told them he had no paper to give at the conference?
9. How did Richard describe the Hotel Amigo in Brussels?
10. What did Richard tell Gweneth he'd be doing for six months, and what did he do after he said this to her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the afterthoughts of the book, Richard states that he invented a theory of what led to the lack of communication in NASA. Expound on the thoughts that Richard has about his theory that he came up with and on what his friends thing about his theory. Describe your thoughts on Richard's theory. Use specific information from the book to include in your description and thoughts.
Essay Topic 2
Describe the events of the O-ring ice water demonstration that Richard performs at one of the meetings of the commission. What objects did Richard need to complete this demonstration and why did he need those particular objects?
Essay Topic 3
Richard visited many different places around the world. Explain why Richard still treated the world as if it was a scientific experiment and discovery ready to happen. Give details of events in the book that show how Richard loves to learn and discover?
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