Q1. What did Ebright and his college roommate, James R. Wong, work on all night?
A. Writing a novel
B. Preparing for a debate competition
C. Drawing pictures and constructing plastic models of molecules
D. Conducting a butterfly research experiment
Q2. From which university did Richard Ebright graduate with highest honors?
A. Harvard University
B. Princeton University
C. Yale University
D. Stanford University
Q3. What was Ebright's ranking in his graduating class at Harvard?
A. Second
B. First
C. Third
D. Fourth
Q4. What was the potential significance of Ebright's theory if it proves correct?
A. It would solve global warming
B. It would help in space exploration
C. It would aid in understanding life processes and preventing some diseases
D. It would revolutionize education
Q5. What activity sparked Richard Ebright’s interest in science?
A. Collecting butterflies
B. Building model airplanes
C. Playing chess
D. Collecting stamps
Q6. Apart from his scientific pursuits, which other activities was Ebright involved in?
A. Dancing and writing poetry
B. Acting and singing
C. Painting and sculpting
D. Champion debating, canoeing, and photography
Q7. Who was Richard Ebright’s influential high school social studies teacher?
A. Mr. John Smith
B. Mr. Richard Weiherer
C. Mr. Robert Johnson
D. Mr. James Wong
Q8. What did Mr. Weiherer say about Richard Ebright’s competitiveness?
A. He was not competitive at all
B. He was competitive but for the right reasons
C. He did not care about winning
D. He was overly aggressive
Q9. Which book opened the world of science to Richard Ebright?
A. The Origin of Species
B. The Double Helix
C. The Travels of Monarch X
D. A Brief History of Time
Q10. What qualities are mentioned as ingredients in the making of a scientist?
A. Creativity and perseverance
B. Hard work and dedication
C. Intelligence and luck
D. First-rate mind, curiosity, and the will to win for the right reasons
Q11. At what age did Richard H. Ebright excite the scientific world with a new theory on how cells work?
A. Fifteen
B. Twenty-two
C. Twenty-five
D. Thirty
Q12. In which journal was Richard Ebright's work published?
A. Nature
B. Science
C. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
D. Scientific American
Q13. What did the publication of Ebright's work in the journal signify?
A. It was the first time college students' work was published
B. It was a common occurrence
C. It was a mistake
D. It was the last time college students' work was published
Q14. What comparison is made to highlight Ebright's achievement?
A. Winning a Nobel Prize at twenty
B. Making the big leagues at fifteen and hitting a home run your first time at bat
C. Becoming a professor at a young age
D. Discovering a new planet
Q15. Where did Richard Ebright grow up?
A. New York
B. Los Angeles
C. North of Reading, Pennsylvania
D. Boston
Q16. What was one of the things Ebright did as a child?
A. Played football
B. Collected butterflies
C. Painted pictures
D. Sang in a choir
Q17. What other things did Ebright collect besides butterflies?
A. Stamps and postcards
B. Coins, rocks, and fossils
C. Insects and leaves
D. Books and paintings
Q18. What other hobby did Ebright have as a child?
A. Playing the piano
B. Writing stories
C. Star-gazing
D. Dancing
Q19. What did Ebright's mother do to encourage his interest in learning?
A. Took him to sports events
B. Bought him scientific equipment and helped him learn
C. Enrolled him in music classes
D. Sent him to boarding school
Q20. What tragic event happened to Ebright's family when he was in third grade?
A. His mother died
B. His house burned down
C. His father died
D. He moved to a new city
Q21. How did Ebright's mother support his learning after his father's death?
A. She hired tutors for him
B. She spent every evening teaching him
C. She sent him to a special school
D. She encouraged him to play sports
Q22. What did Ebright's mother do when he started school?
A. Enrolled him in a private school
B. Brought home friends for him
C. Stopped helping him with his studies
D. Moved to a different town
Q23. What kind of grades did Ebright earn in school?
A. Average grades
B. Top grades
C. Below average grades
D. Failing grades
Q24. How did Ebright's mother describe his behavior on everyday things?
A. Like every other kid
B. Very serious
C. Always studious
D. Mischievous
Q25. By what grade had Ebright collected all twenty-five species of butterflies found around his hometown?
A. First grade
B. Third grade
C. Second grade
D. Fourth grade
Q26. What book reignited Richard Ebright's interest in butterfly collecting?
A. The Life of Butterflies
B. The Monarch Butterfly
C. The Travels of Monarch X
D. The Butterfly Collector
Q27. What did The Travels of Monarch X teach about monarch butterflies?
A. Their diet
B. Their migration to Central America
C. Their predators
D. Their life span
Q28. Who invited readers to help study butterfly migrations?
A. Dr. John Doe
B. Dr. Frederick A. Urquhart
C. Dr. James Smith
D. Dr. Emily Green
Q29. What did Ebright's mother do after reading The Travels of Monarch X?
A. She bought him more books
B. She wrote to Dr. Urquhart
C. She took him on a trip to Central America
D. She enrolled him in a science course
Q30. What was Ebright asked to do with the monarch butterflies?
A. Study their diet
B. Tag them with light adhesive tags
C. Draw pictures of them
D. Release them in Central America
Q31. How long does the butterfly collecting season last around Reading?
A. Two weeks
B. Four weeks
C. Six weeks
D. Eight weeks
Q32. What method did Ebright use to increase his butterfly collection?
A. He bought butterflies from a store
B. He raised a flock of butterflies in his basement
C. He traveled to different places to catch them
D. He traded butterflies with friends
Q33. What stages of development did Ebright observe in his basement?
A. Egg, larva, and adult
B. Egg, caterpillar, pupa, and adult butterfly
C. Egg, pupa, and adult
D. Caterpillar, pupa, and adult
Q34. Why did Ebright begin to lose interest in tagging butterflies?
A. He found it too challenging
B. It was tedious and there wasn't much feedback
C. He lost his tagging equipment
D. He moved to a new place
Q35. How far from Ebright's home were the recaptured butterflies found?
A. Fifty miles
B. Seventy-five miles
C. One hundred miles
D. Two hundred miles
Q36. What did the tagging of butterflies involve?
A. Painting their wings
B. Attaching light adhesive tags to their wings
C. Measuring their wingspan
D. Recording their flight patterns
Q37. What did Ebright do with the butterflies after tagging them?
A. Kept them in a cage
B. Released them
C. Sold them
D. Sent them to Dr. Urquhart
Q38. How did Ebright initially catch the butterflies?
A. Using a net
B. With his hands
C. By attracting them with flowers
D. By setting traps
Q39. Why did Ebright find tagging butterflies to be tedious?
A. It was time-consuming
B. There was little feedback
C. He did not enjoy the process
D. It required a lot of equipment
Q40. What did Richard Ebright enter in the county science fair in seventh grade?
A. Slides of butterfly wings
B. A model of a DNA molecule
C. Slides of frog tissues
D. A rock collection
Q41. Why did Ebright lose at the county science fair in seventh grade?
A. He didn't follow the rules
B. He didn't do a real experiment
C. His display was too simple
D. His presentation was poor
Q42. What did Ebright decide to focus on for the next year's fair?
A. Astronomy
B. Geology
C. Insect work
D. Chemistry
Q43. Who did Ebright write to for ideas for his science projects?
A. His teacher
B. Dr. Frederick A. Urquhart
C. A fellow student
D. His mother
Q44. What was Ebright's eighth-grade project about?
A. Butterfly migration
B. The cause of a viral disease in monarch caterpillars
C. The lifecycle of butterflies
D. The diet of butterflies
Q45. What was the theory behind Ebright's ninth-grade project on viceroy butterflies?
A. Viceroys migrate like monarchs
B. Viceroys mimic monarchs because monarchs don't taste good to birds
C. Viceroys have a longer lifespan than monarchs
D. Viceroys and monarchs have similar breeding habits
Q46. What was the result of Ebright's ninth-grade project?
A. Birds did not eat monarchs
B. Birds ate viceroys but not monarchs
C. Birds ate both viceroys and monarchs
D. Birds preferred viceroys over monarchs
Q47. What did Ebright discover in his second year of high school?
A. A new butterfly species
B. An unknown insect hormone
C. A new way to tag butterflies
D. The migration pattern of monarchs
Q48. What question did Ebright try to answer about monarch pupae?
A. How long they take to develop
B. What the purpose of the twelve tiny gold spots is
C. What they eat during development
D. How they migrate
Q49. What did Ebright and another science student build to study the monarch pupae?
A. A butterfly enclosure
B. A microscope
C. A device to show that the spots produced a hormone
D. A tagging machine
Q50. Where did Ebright win first place with his monarch pupa project?
A. Local science fair
B. State science fair
C. County fair
D. International Science and Engineering Fair
Q51. What did Ebright do in his senior year of high school?
A. Studied the migration of butterflies
B. Grew cells from a monarch's wing in a culture
C. Discovered a new butterfly species
D. Created a new tagging method
Q52. Where did Ebright work during the summer after graduating high school?
A. A local university
B. The army laboratory
C. A private research lab
D. A butterfly conservatory
Q53. What did Ebright identify during his freshman year at Harvard University?
A. The migration pattern of monarchs
B. The chemical structure of the hormone from the gold spots
C. A new butterfly species
D. A new tagging method
Q54. What major biological puzzle did Ebright work on during his junior year at Harvard?
A. How butterflies migrate
B. How the cell can read the blueprint of its DNA
C. How cells divide
D. How butterflies develop
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