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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the Calypso, Beagle, and Challenger waiting for?
(a) Orders to rendezvous with the Endeavour.
(b) Refueling.
(c) Extra propellant.
(d) A possible distress signal from the Endeavour.

2. How many wives does Commander Norton have?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) None.
(d) Two.

3. What location is home to more than a million people who had their hearing permanently damaged in 2077?
(a) Russia.
(b) Padua.
(c) Verona.
(d) Austria.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which way do "clocks and corkscrews" turn on Rama?

2. What loss is so great that it was beyond all computation?

3. What words does the author use to portray the vast majority of asteroids?

4. In Chapter 15, how does Dr. Ernst get to the surface of the Cylindrical Sea?

5. Who is the first Character introduced in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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