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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a light curve?
(a) A slow variation in the brilliance of all asteroids.
(b) The extent to which an asteroid wanes over a period of hours.
(c) The degree to which an asteroid's orbit bends.
(d) The extent to which an asteroid waxes over a period of hours.

2. Who goes with the Commander on the first EVA?
(a) Karl Mercer.
(b) Boris Rodrigo.
(c) Joe Calvert.
(d) James Pak.

3. What is unusual about object 31/439?
(a) It is traveling straight past the orbits of the inner planets and will impact the Sun.
(b) It is traveling in an ellipse with clockwork precision that is retraced every few years.
(c) It has a diameter of forty kilometers and is traveling in an atypical asteroidal path.
(d) It is given a name of a mythological creature.

4. Which way do "clocks and corkscrews" turn on Rama?
(a) Forwards.
(b) The opposite direction as on Earth.
(c) The same direction as on Earth.
(d) In and out.

5. What is the expected effect of an matter-antimatter reaction?
(a) The permanent creation of a second sun.
(b) A reaction as gentle as a snowflake.
(c) The biggest bang since the solar system was formed.
(d) The total annihilation of the solar system.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the object that is first cataloged as 31/439?

2. How many members of the United Planets are there?

3. SPACEGUARD is keeping track of how many asteroids at once?

4. How big is the mass of Rama?

5. Where on Rama does the Endeavour land?

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