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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the nickname of the big spike that Jimmy explores?
(a) Little Big Horn.
(b) Big Horn.
(c) The Spikemonster.
(d) Spikey.

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

3. What is the object that is first cataloged as 31/439?
(a) The mysterious object that became known as Rama.
(b) One of Saturn's rings.
(c) One of Jupiter's moons.
(d) A chunk of space junk that is tracked by the super computers until it crashes into Mars.

4. What is the first city to be visited by the Commander and the other explorers?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) New York.
(d) Tokyo.

5. At first, Rama is believed to be what?
(a) A collapsed star.
(b) A comet.
(c) A rotating black hole.
(d) An ergosphere.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about object 31/439?

2. For the Commander, Straight Valley reminds him of what part of his past?

3. How does Commander Norton feel about landing on Rama?

4. What is thrown down the face of the cliff after midnight by Pieter Rousseau?

5. According to Chapter 6, how far is the distance between Earth and Mars?

(see the answer key)

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