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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Dr. Bose born?
(a) The Earth.
(b) The Moon.
(c) Mars.
(d) In outer space.

2. What ships can catch up with Rama before it leaves the solar system?
(a) Only the Challenger.
(b) Only the Endeavour.
(c) The Calypso, Beagle, and Endeavour.
(d) The Calypso, Beagle, and Challenger.

3. How old is Dr. Bose?
(a) Seventy-nine years old.
(b) Sixty-three years old.
(c) One hundred fifteen years old.
(d) Eighty-nine years old.

4. How big is the mass of Rama?
(a) At least a trillion tons.
(b) At least ten trillion tons.
(c) At least a billion tons.
(d) At least a million tons.

5. In Chapter 17, what makes the sound that wakes the whole camp?
(a) Ice sheets breaking up.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) Driving rain drumming on the metal structures.
(d) Storm-force winds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wants to examine the spider-like creature?

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

3. What location on Rama is known not to be infested with spider-like creatures?

4. In Chapter 5, what streams from the newly-opened pillbox "like dazzling diamonds as the brilliant sunlight caught them"?

5. What surprises Commander Norton as he approached Rama for the rendezvous?

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