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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were there many photographs taken of New York?
(a) To use to construct an accurate scale model of the city.
(b) To prove the team visited New York.
(c) To make a jigsaw puzzle.
(d) To look at the images for missed patterns.

2. How does one astronomer refer to asteroids?
(a) Fireworks of the heavens.
(b) Vermin of the skies.
(c) Pests of gigantic proportion.
(d) Arrows of outrageously bad fortune.

3. What protects the explorers from falling off of the ladder when the lights go on?
(a) Space suits.
(b) Individual belt clips.
(c) Zero gravity.
(d) Sticky boots.

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

5. On the ascent back to the Endeavour, who is the last to leave the plain on Rama?
(a) Norton.
(b) Rodrigo.
(c) Mercer.
(d) Ernst.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes with the Commander on the first EVA?

2. What does the first images of Rama prove?

3. Who does the Commander depend on to land the Endeavour?

4. What do the Rama Committee members want to find evidence, or lack thereof, on Rama?

5. Why does Hub Control monitor Jimmy's altitude?

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