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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Jimmy's sky-bike?
(a) Jimmy tries to repair it, to no avail.
(b) The crab-like creature disassembles it.
(c) Bits and pieces of the bike rain over the landscape.
(d) It falls into the Cylindrical Sea.

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

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

4. Who does the Commander depend on to land the Endeavour?
(a) Joe Calvert.
(b) James Pak.
(c) Boris Rodrigo.
(d) Bill Norton.

5. What is Sita?
(a) A long range missile designed to destroy Rama.
(b) A space-probe that is originally intended to launch from Mars to go beyond Neptune.
(c) A big orbiting telescope.
(d) A pod of special cameras intended to photograph Rama from all sides.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is used for a far nobler purpose at the end of Chapter 1?

3. How many wives does Commander Norton have?

4. What are the only items the explorers must bring to Rama?

5. What is the expected effect of an matter-antimatter reaction?

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