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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 only items the explorers must bring to Rama?
(a) Water, food, and rebreathers.
(b) Air tanks, water, and thermosuits.
(c) Food, water, and thermosuits.
(d) Food, water, and airsuits.

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

3. What loss is so great that it was beyond all computation?
(a) The loss of resources and skills acquired during the twentieth century.
(b) The loss to art, to history, to science--and to the whole human race, for the rest of time.
(c) The loss of beautiful dawns and sunsets all over the world.
(d) The loss of six hundred thousand people.

4. Twice a day the explorers must perform an action. What is it?
(a) Maintain radio silence while transmissions are relayed to Earth.
(b) Chew a high calorie snack.
(c) Exercise at three-quarters of a gee for ten minutes.
(d) Take a nap.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Dr. Bose?

2. What is the first city to be visited by the Commander and the other explorers?

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

4. Who speaks fluent Simplish?

5. Why is Baked Alaska mentioned in Chapter 14?

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