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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the scavenger biots break down overnight, much to the dismay of Ruby Barnes?
(a) The artificial suns.
(b) Debris that was stacked neatly on the outskirts of the camp.
(c) The Resolution.
(d) Most of the spider-like creatures.

2. What catches Jimmy's eye amongst the trellis of wires and rods?
(a) A snake.
(b) A sheath of feathers.
(c) A speck of color.
(d) A butterfly.

3. When the Commander enters Rama, what does he see in the light of the flare?
(a) A circular sea.
(b) A miniature sun, moon and stars painted on the ceiling.
(c) A small space station-like structure.
(d) The landscape of an entire world.

4. What event do the inhabitants of Earth see as inevitable?
(a) The overpopulation of Earth.
(b) Continued cosmic bombardment of the Moon, causing additional scarring of the "face."
(c) Catastrophic destruction caused by a meteorite from space landing in an inhabited city.
(d) The destruction of the city of Venice by a tsunami, caused by the eruption of Krakatoa.

5. For the object 31/149, what do the numbers represent?
(a) The year and order of its discovery.
(b) The brightness of an object based on the magnitude scale.
(c) The year and order of its discovery.
(d) The angular parameters of an object's elliptical orbit.

Short Answer Questions

1. SPACEGUARD is keeping track of how many asteroids at once?

2. Who speaks fluent Simplish?

3. What knocks over the equipment left behind at evacuation from hurricanes?

4. On the ascent back to the Endeavour, who is the last to leave the plain on Rama?

5. What is more disconcerting to Norton while in New York as compared to the plains of Rama?

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