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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. SPACEGUARD is keeping track of how many asteroids at once?
(a) Half a million.
(b) Two hundred fifty thousand.
(c) Fifty thousand.
(d) One hundred thousand.

2. According to Chapter 6, how far is the distance between Earth and Mars?
(a) Three hundred million kilometers.
(b) Five hours by shuttle.
(c) The same distance as the Sun is from the Earth.
(d) One hundred million kilometers.

3. Where on Rama does the Endeavour land?
(a) Near the sundial in the sunlit portion.
(b) At the very center.
(c) In the shadows of the structures near the axis.
(d) At the North Pole.

4. Most asteroids tracked by Spaceguard are described as having this sort of orbit.
(a) Orbits that lay beyond Mars.
(b) Orbits that keep asteroids within the confines of the asteroid belt.
(c) Orbits dissimilar to Earth's orbit around the Sun.
(d) Orbits that posed a possible danger to Earth.

5. What event do the inhabitants of Earth see as inevitable?
(a) Catastrophic destruction caused by a meteorite from space landing in an inhabited city.
(b) Continued cosmic bombardment of the Moon, causing additional scarring of the "face."
(c) The overpopulation of Earth.
(d) The destruction of the city of Venice by a tsunami, caused by the eruption of Krakatoa.

Short Answer Questions

1. The reference to the five giants is referring to what group of five?

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

3. What does the first images of Rama prove?

4. How expensive is time on a big orbiting telescope?

5. How long is the normal "day" for a normal asteroid versus one for Rama?

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