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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 is the initial reaction of the human race to Rama?
(a) Fear.
(b) Curiosity.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Dismay.

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

3. Why is Baked Alaska mentioned in Chapter 14?
(a) Because it is a favorite at U.P. banquets.
(b) Because it is a reminder of Earth.
(c) Because Baked Alaska is the most complicated dessert the Simps can make.
(d) Because Rama is hot on the outside and cold on the inside, like a Baked Alaska dessert,

4. For the Commander, Straight Valley reminds him of what part of his past?
(a) A summer vacation in England.
(b) His first marriage.
(c) An education in industrial archaeology, abandoned in college.
(d) His childhood in the foothills.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Straight Valley?

2. What cities narrowly miss being destroyed in the 20th century?

3. How big is the mass of Rama?

4. Why does the Commander choose to land the Endeavour off-center?

5. The reference to the five giants is referring to what group of five?

(see the answer key)

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