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

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

3. How many asteroids are being discovered by PROJECT SPACEGUARD by the year 2130?
(a) Twelve a day.
(b) Two hundred a year.
(c) Five a month.
(d) A thousand in 120 years.

4. What is Camp Alpha?
(a) A temporary meeting place for the Rama Committee.
(b) The place on Rama thought to be perhaps a million years old.
(c) A temporary camp on Rama.
(d) A permanent camp on Rama.

5. Why is Dr. Bose "exiled" from the Earth?
(a) Earth is uninhabitable.
(b) He is too sentimental to leave his adopted home.
(c) He has a contagious virus.
(d) He cannot face reconditioning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ships can catch up with Rama before it leaves the solar system?

2. What does the first images of Rama prove?

3. When the Commander enters Rama, what does he see in the light of the flare?

4. On the ascent back to the Endeavour, who is the last to leave the plain on Rama?

5. When the explorers cross the Cylindrical Sea, where do they go first?

(see the answer key)

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