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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the initial exploration of Rama, what is the temperature like?
(a) The temperature fluctuates wildly.
(b) The temperature is the same as on the Moon.
(c) The temperature is just below freezing.
(d) The temperature is close to Earth's median temperature.

2. In Chapter 5, what streams from the newly-opened pillbox "like dazzling diamonds as the brilliant sunlight caught them"?
(a) Anti-matter particles.
(b) Water vapor droplets.
(c) Oxygen molecules.
(d) Dust particles.

3. How does the book describe the world's population at the end of the 21st century?
(a) The human race is facing extinction from natural disasters.
(b) Europe is more densely populated than fifty years earlier.
(c) The human race has spread from pole to pole.
(d) Cities in the northern hemisphere are sparsely populated.

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

5. After how many years does PROJECT SPACEGUARD justify its existence?
(a) One hundred.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Thirty.
(d) One hundred and twenty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 13, what does Joe Calvert do to entertain himself and the rest of the explorers?

3. What is the origin of the name of object 31/149?

4. For the Commander, Straight Valley reminds him of what part of his past?

5. What is Sita?

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