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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Most asteroids tracked by Spaceguard are described as having this sort of orbit.
(a) Orbits that posed a possible danger to Earth.
(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 lay beyond Mars.

2. How long is the radio time lag between the Endeavour and Earth?
(a) Ten minutes, and decreasing.
(b) Ten hours, and increasing.
(c) Ten minutes, and increasing.
(d) Ten hours, and decreasing.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Dr. Bose born?

2. What is used for a far nobler purpose at the end of Chapter 1?

3. What is the expected effect of an matter-antimatter reaction?

4. What does the Commander think about the amount of responsibility he must shoulder on this mission?

5. What does the first images of Rama prove?

(see the answer key)

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