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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 39-46.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Chapter 24, what is smuggled on board the Endeavour?
(a) A gold metal.
(b) Parts to make a bicycle.
(c) A recreational vehicle.
(d) Dragonfly.

3. According to Chapter 37, Mercury sends a missile to Rama, which stops fifty kilometers from Rama to do what?
(a) Survey Rama usingTV cameras.
(b) Radiate a standard beacon frequency.
(c) Send a non-verbal message to Commander Norton.
(d) Set up a sateffite dish in a parallel orbit to Rama.

4. What is Commander Norton doing when his executive officer notifis him of a Triple-A priority message awaiting him?
(a) Returning to shore on the Revolution.
(b) Exploring New York.
(c) Helping Ernst dissect a spider-like creature.
(d) Dreaming about Mars.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Captain James Cook?

2. In Chapter 12, Norton notices something remarkable as he is exploring. What is it?

3. When the Commander enters Rama, what does he see in the light of the flare?

4. What location is home to more than a million people who had their hearing permanently damaged in 2077?

5. What location on Rama is known not to be infested with spider-like creatures?

(see the answer key)

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