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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 31-38.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Most asteroids tracked by Spaceguard are described as having this sort of orbit.
(a) Orbits that keep asteroids within the confines of the asteroid belt.
(b) Orbits that posed a possible danger to Earth.
(c) Orbits that lay beyond Mars.
(d) Orbits dissimilar to Earth's orbit around the Sun.

3. What is the "striking parallel" between Rama and terrestrial zoology, according to the Ambassador from Mars?
(a) A coral reef.
(b) A beehive.
(c) A termite colony.
(d) A desert.

4. Why had Commander Norton once fallen in love with a Hermian woman, but did not marry her?
(a) Commander Norton is only allowed two wives at a time.
(b) Hermians disapproved of marriage with anyone from outside the orbit of Venus.
(c) People from Earth do not have automatic citizenship on Mercury.
(d) The girl broke Commander Norton's heart.

5. The reference to the five giants is referring to what group of five?
(a) The five giant asteroids that orbit the Sun.
(b) The five most famous astronomers in history: Brahe, Galilei, Kepler, Copernicus, and Ptolemy.
(c) The five biggest moons of Jupiter.
(d) Ceres, Pallas, Juno, Eunomia, and Vesta.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Commander Norton feel about landing on Rama?

2. What creatures start disassembling the broken monster in the Cylindrical Sea?

3. Who is in charge of the Endeavour while Norton receives the Triple-A message?

4. What instruction is given to Jimmy regarding his entry into the water?

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

(see the answer key)

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