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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What location on Rama is known not to be infested with spider-like creatures?
(a) New York.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Northern Hemisphere.
(d) Southern Hemisphere.

2. What loss is so great that it was beyond all computation?
(a) The loss of six hundred thousand people.
(b) The loss of resources and skills acquired during the twentieth century.
(c) The loss of beautiful dawns and sunsets all over the world.
(d) The loss to art, to history, to science--and to the whole human race, for the rest of time.

3. What does Joe Calvert assume about the builders of Rama?
(a) The builders of Rama are able to see in the dark.
(b) The builders of Rama are humanoid.
(c) The builders of Rama are more intelligent than humans.
(d) The builders of Rama are small in stature.

4. What knocks over the equipment left behind at evacuation from hurricanes?
(a) Simps.
(b) The wind.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A mysterious presence.

5. Who is Captain James Cook?
(a) The captain of the first spaceship to reach Mars.
(b) The captain of the Starship Enterprise.
(c) A captain of industry in the 1700s who funded the exploration of Hawaii.
(d) The first captain of the first Endeavour.

Short Answer Questions

1. For the Commander, Straight Valley reminds him of what part of his past?

2. What catches Jimmy's eye amongst the trellis of wires and rods?

3. What happens as Jimmy backs away through the framework?

4. How does one astronomer refer to asteroids?

5. What is the main tenet of the Fifth Church of Christ?

(see the answer key)

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