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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When on top of the levee at the far side of the city, what concerns Norton?
(a) Signs of life started to appear suddenly.
(b) There is no apparent means of access to the southern hemisphere.
(c) The wall is apparently part of a prison.
(d) The complexity of the levee.

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

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

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

5. Where is Jimmy trying to land the Dragonfly in order to assure his survival?
(a) Near the axis.
(b) In New York.
(c) On land.
(d) Near the Resolution.

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

7. In Chapter 17, what makes the sound that wakes the whole camp?
(a) Storm-force winds.
(b) Ice sheets breaking up.
(c) Driving rain drumming on the metal structures.
(d) An earthquake.

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

9. According to the Ambassador from Mercury, what is stored in a central information bank within Rama?
(a) Templates for nonbiological entities.
(b) Patterns of Raman behavior.
(c) Statistics on the organic "soup" of the Cylindrical Sea.
(d) Raw materials.

10. Who is in charge of the Endeavour while Norton receives the Triple-A message?
(a) Laura Ernst.
(b) Jimmy Pak.
(c) Ruby Barnes.
(d) Bill Norton.

11. What is a sticky-bomb?
(a) A microphone that sticks to Jimmy's uniform.
(b) Freeze-dried food.
(c) A small bomb that sticks to its target.
(d) A sphere the size of a baseball that plays out a thread.

12. In Chapter 28, who is Jimmy being compared to?
(a) Virgil.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Deadalus
(d) Icarus.

13. What challenge occurs very soon after Jimmy is pulled into the Revolution?
(a) Fireworks dance around the horns.
(b) Jimmy swallows a lot of poisonous water.
(c) The flower falls in the water.
(d) An earthquake triggers a tidal wave.

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

15. Why had Commander Norton once fallen in love with a Hermian woman, but did not marry her?
(a) The girl broke Commander Norton's heart.
(b) Hermians disapproved of marriage with anyone from outside the orbit of Venus.
(c) Commander Norton is only allowed two wives at a time.
(d) People from Earth do not have automatic citizenship on Mercury.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the statement, "Someone is walking over your grave," come to Jimmy's mind as he starts the return trip to the Hub?

2. What is strange about the large crab-like creature that JImmy sees after he crashes?

3. If the Hermian bomb is detonated, what creates the biggest problem for the survival of the Endeavour?

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

5. What does the Commander decide to do about the priority message to earth?

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