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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hub Control monitor Jimmy's altitude?
(a) To help Jimmy stay above the storm clouds.
(b) To help Jimmy stay near the zero gravity of the axis.
(c) To help Jimmy stay visible to Hub Control.
(d) To help Jimmy avoid lightening.

2. What surprises Commander Norton as he approached Rama for the rendezvous?
(a) That Jupiter VIII is slightly larger than Rama.
(b) Rama's overwhelming size.
(c) That landing on the Moon or Mars is easier than landing on Rama.
(d) The realization that Rama's mass is smaller than predicted.

3. What does the Commander and his companion use to move around on Rama after landing?
(a) Jets and guide ropes.
(b) Space suits with power packs.
(c) A shuttle.
(d) Propellent.

4. According to Chapter 11, with whom does the Commander have a brief romantic encounter?
(a) The Exobiolotist.
(b) The Surgeon Commander.
(c) The Archeologist.
(d) The Ambassador.

5. What happens to Jimmy's sky-bike?
(a) Bits and pieces of the bike rain over the landscape.
(b) It falls into the Cylindrical Sea.
(c) Jimmy tries to repair it, to no avail.
(d) The crab-like creature disassembles it.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 36, who is on watch, sometimes for twelve hours at a time and, therefore, knows more about the geography of Rama than anyone?

2. What location has one-third as much gravity as Earth?

3. What is the seating order of the delegates from the United Planets?

4. What happens at the sixth small spike?

5. What is the name of the author whose book inspired Dr. Stenton to become an astronomer?

(see the answer key)

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