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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 10, how do the explorers descend the ladder?
(a) The explorers slide along the handrail to descend.
(b) The explorers did not use the ladder.
(c) The explorers ascended the ladder, they did not descend.
(d) The explorers bounce down the ladder three rungs at a time.

2. Who does the Commander depend on to land the Endeavour?
(a) James Pak.
(b) Bill Norton.
(c) Boris Rodrigo.
(d) Joe Calvert.

3. What are the Calypso, Beagle, and Challenger waiting for?
(a) Extra propellant.
(b) A possible distress signal from the Endeavour.
(c) Refueling.
(d) Orders to rendezvous with the Endeavour.

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

5. Which way do "clocks and corkscrews" turn on Rama?
(a) The opposite direction as on Earth.
(b) In and out.
(c) Forwards.
(d) The same direction as on Earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What location is home to more than a million people who had their hearing permanently damaged in 2077?

2. In Chapter 12, Norton notices something remarkable as he is exploring. What is it?

3. What is a light curve?

4. Where on Rama does the Endeavour land?

5. In Chapter 3, who is the current chairman of the Space Advisory Council?

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