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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What creatures start disassembling the broken monster in the Cylindrical Sea?
(a) Coral-like creatures.
(b) Starfish-like creatures.
(c) Lobster-like creatures.
(d) Crab-like creatures.

2. Who has a novel idea about how to reach the southern continent?
(a) Ruby Barnes.
(b) Jimmy Pak.
(c) Ravi McAndrews.
(d) Bill Norton.

3. Dr. Ernst cautioned Jimmy Pak to avoid something while on the trip with Dragonfly. What?
(a) Avoid crashing.
(b) Avoid getting hungry.
(c) Avoid overexertion.
(d) Avoid getting a sunburn.

4. Norton compares New York to what on Earth?
(a) A storage depot.
(b) A giant chemical processing plant.
(c) The Empire State Building.
(d) A steel plant.

5. As Norton pulls himself up the last hundred meters of the ladder, what is forming in the interior of Rama?
(a) A thunderstorm.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) Trade winds.
(d) A volcano.

6. How long does it take the disturbance in Chapter 17 to subside?
(a) One hour.
(b) Half an hour.
(c) Fifteen minutes.
(d) Two hours.

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

8. How many members are there in the United Planets?
(a) Nine.
(b) Five.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Seven.

9. Who asks the Commander to send a priority message to the earth?
(a) Laura Ernst.
(b) Boris Rodrigo.
(c) Dr. Taylor.
(d) Dr. Petera.

10. Why does the statement, "Someone is walking over your grave," come to Jimmy's mind as he starts the return trip to the Hub?
(a) He knows he's as good as dead if he is too slow to return.
(b) He feels very serious.
(c) He has a curious feeling of foreboding.
(d) He senses that the Commander is displeased with him.

11. According to Chapter 35, how many times in the past has the Commander received a Triple-A priority message?
(a) Three times in his career.
(b) About once a year.
(c) Once earlier the same year.
(d) Never before.

12. Who seems to be the most concerned that Rama's secret mission is to dominate the solar system?
(a) The Exobiologist.
(b) The Ambassador from Mars
(c) The Ambassador from Earth.
(d) The Chairman of the Rama Committee

13. 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) Hermians have the most military training.
(d) A space treaty entitles Mercury to protect their solar space.

14. What happens at the sixth small spike?
(a) Jimmy's homing beacon goes dead.
(b) Audio transmissions to Hub Control is garbled.
(c) Jimmy's eyesight becomes distorted.
(d) Jimmy starts counting and can't stop.

15. Why does Hub Control monitor Jimmy's altitude?
(a) To help Jimmy stay above the storm clouds.
(b) To help Jimmy stay visible to Hub Control.
(c) To help Jimmy avoid lightening.
(d) To help Jimmy stay near the zero gravity of the axis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jimmy do while circling New York?

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

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

4. Why had Commander Norton once fallen in love with a Hermian woman, but did not marry her?

5. According to Chapter 25, under what conditions does Dragonfly handle the best?

(see the answer keys)

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