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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 31-38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Commander Norton feel about landing on Rama?
(a) A healthy dose of caution.
(b) A mixture of elation and anxiety.
(c) A sense of danger and surprise.
(d) Filled with trepedation.

2. How many members are there in the United Planets?
(a) Nine.
(b) Seven.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Five.

3. Why had Commander Norton once fallen in love with a Hermian woman, but did not marry her?
(a) People from Earth do not have automatic citizenship on Mercury.
(b) Commander Norton is only allowed two wives at a time.
(c) Hermians disapproved of marriage with anyone from outside the orbit of Venus.
(d) The girl broke Commander Norton's heart.

4. What instruction is given to Jimmy regarding his entry into the water?
(a) Exhale to get all the air out of your lungs.
(b) Stiffen your body, feet locked together.
(c) Curl up into a ball.
(d) Close your eyes.

5. When on top of the levee at the far side of the city, what concerns Norton?
(a) Signs of life started to appear suddenly.
(b) There is no apparent means of access to the southern hemisphere.
(c) The wall is apparently part of a prison.
(d) The complexity of the levee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is in charge of the Endeavour while Norton receives the Triple-A message?

2. Why were there many photographs taken of New York?

3. Norton compares New York to what on Earth?

4. Why is it impossible for Hermians born and bred on Mercury to go to Earth?

5. What slides out of the wall of the pillbox-shaped structure?

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