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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the ascent back to the Endeavour, who is the last to leave the plain on Rama?
(a) Ernst.
(b) Rodrigo.
(c) Mercer.
(d) Norton.

2. 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) Set up a sateffite dish in a parallel orbit to Rama.
(d) Send a non-verbal message to Commander Norton.

3. If the Hermian bomb is detonated, what creates the biggest problem for the survival of the Endeavour?
(a) Radiation.
(b) Space wind.
(c) The gamma-ray flash.
(d) The fragments of Rama.

4. What does Jimmy do while circling New York?
(a) Try to understand the complexity of the panorama.
(b) Look for signs of life.
(c) Record video.
(d) Rest.

5. What maneuver is Jimmy unsure of how to perform with Dragonfly?
(a) Landing.
(b) Take off.
(c) Evasive maneuvers.
(d) Cruising.

6. When explorers return after 48 hours, what surprise awaits on Rama?
(a) Tropical winds and humidity.
(b) The intensity of the artificial light.
(c) Fog.
(d) A warmer atmosphere and breathable air.

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

8. What word can be used to describe the spider-like creature that the explorers encounter while watching the evening news?
(a) Playful.
(b) Methodical.
(c) Dumb.
(d) Skittish.

9. Where do the pieces of Jimmy's sky-bike end up?
(a) In a well.
(b) In one of the structures in New York.
(c) In the Cylindrical Sea.
(d) Back on board the Endeavour.

10. What do the explorers hear as they reach the fourth level?
(a) A waterfall.
(b) Waves.
(c) Thunder.
(d) Ice cracking.

11. What is the justification the Ambassador from Mercury gives for dispatching a high-energy nuclear device to Rama?
(a) A space treaty entitles Mercury to act unilaterally.
(b) Hermians are more intelligent and know best.
(c) A space treaty entitles Mercury to protect their solar space.
(d) Hermians have the most military training.

12. According to Chapter 25, under what conditions does Dragonfly handle the best?
(a) Higher altitudes.
(b) Lower altitudes.
(c) Cold temperatures.
(d) No wind.

13. Hub Control diagnoses the problem at the sixth small spike as resulting from what?
(a) Battery drain.
(b) An intense magnetic field.
(c) Psychological factors.
(d) Exhaustion.

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

15. What do the Rama Committee members want to find evidence, or lack thereof, on Rama?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Life.
(c) Propulsion.
(d) Natural resources.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nickname of the big spike that Jimmy explores?

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

3. Who seems to be the most concerned that Rama's secret mission is to dominate the solar system?

4. Mercer suggests that New York is intended to make what?

5. What is thrown down the face of the cliff after midnight by Pieter Rousseau?

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