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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 15, how does Dr. Ernst get to the surface of the Cylindrical Sea?
(a) Dr. Ernst repels down the cliff.
(b) Dr. Ernst slides frictionlessly down the cliff.
(c) Dr. Ernst uses a stairwway.
(d) Dr. Ernst is lowered by rope.

2. What is a light curve?
(a) The extent to which an asteroid waxes over a period of hours.
(b) The degree to which an asteroid's orbit bends.
(c) The extent to which an asteroid wanes over a period of hours.
(d) A slow variation in the brilliance of all asteroids.

3. What is unusual about object 31/439?
(a) It is traveling straight past the orbits of the inner planets and will impact the Sun.
(b) It has a diameter of forty kilometers and is traveling in an atypical asteroidal path.
(c) It is traveling in an ellipse with clockwork precision that is retraced every few years.
(d) It is given a name of a mythological creature.

4. During the initial exploration of Rama, what is the temperature like?
(a) The temperature fluctuates wildly.
(b) The temperature is just below freezing.
(c) The temperature is the same as on the Moon.
(d) The temperature is close to Earth's median temperature.

5. Why is Baked Alaska mentioned in Chapter 14?
(a) Because Baked Alaska is the most complicated dessert the Simps can make.
(b) Because it is a favorite at U.P. banquets.
(c) Because Rama is hot on the outside and cold on the inside, like a Baked Alaska dessert,
(d) Because it is a reminder of Earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what does Joe Calvert do to entertain himself and the rest of the explorers?

2. What is the first city to be visited by the Commander and the other explorers?

3. What does the first images of Rama prove?

4. How many wives does Commander Norton have?

5. When did the inhabitants of Europe see a dazzling fireball appear in the eastern sky?

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