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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does one astronomer refer to asteroids?
(a) Pests of gigantic proportion.
(b) Fireworks of the heavens.
(c) Vermin of the skies.
(d) Arrows of outrageously bad fortune.

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

4. Who is the first Character introduced in Chapter 2?
(a) Professor Davidson
(b) Commander Norton
(c) Dr. Stenton.
(d) Dr. Price.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Most asteroids tracked by Spaceguard are described as having this sort of orbit.

2. How does the book describe the world's population at the end of the 21st century?

3. What is Sita?

4. What location is home to more than a million people who had their hearing permanently damaged in 2077?

5. When did the inhabitants of Europe see a dazzling fireball appear in the eastern sky?

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