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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 slides out of the wall of the pillbox-shaped structure?
(a) A claw.
(b) A wheel.
(c) Crossed bars.
(d) A tentacle.

2. What is Straight Valley?
(a) A line dug into the sand near the Cylindrical Sea.
(b) A long groove or trench near Paris.
(c) A valley located next to the Rockies.
(d) A valley adjacent to the South Pole.

3. When did the inhabitants of Europe see a dazzling fireball appear in the eastern sky?
(a) August 6.
(b) April 19.
(c) September 11.
(d) February 12.

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

5. How does Commander Norton feel about landing on Rama?
(a) A sense of danger and surprise.
(b) A healthy dose of caution.
(c) Filled with trepedation.
(d) A mixture of elation and anxiety.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of force does the Commander account for upon landing the Endeavour?

2. Where on Rama does the Endeavour land?

3. In Chapter 10, how do the explorers descend the ladder?

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

5. In Chapter 5, what streams from the newly-opened pillbox "like dazzling diamonds as the brilliant sunlight caught them"?

(see the answer key)

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