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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is strange about the large crab-like creature that JImmy sees after he crashes?
(a) The creature is brightly colored.
(b) The creature does not notice him.
(c) The creature moves very quickly.
(d) The creature looks like it could be a hallucination.

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

4. What is the seating order of the delegates from the United Planets?
(a) In order by their population density.
(b) Alphabetically.
(c) Informally, according to arrival and personal choice.
(d) In order by distance from the Sun.

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

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

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

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

9. Who wants to examine the spider-like creature?
(a) Ernst.
(b) Calvert.
(c) Rodrigo.
(d) Norton.

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

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

12. In Chapter 26, what potential danger concerns Jimmy as he begins his adventure?
(a) Flying creatures.
(b) Wind.
(c) Rain.
(d) Lightning.

13. Mercer suggests that New York is intended to make what?
(a) A breathable atmosphere.
(b) Ramans.
(c) Raw materials.
(d) Promordial soup.

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

15. How many smaller spikes surround the immense central spike?
(a) Four.
(b) Nine.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jimmy do while circling New York?

2. What is the justification the Ambassador from Mercury gives for dispatching a high-energy nuclear device to Rama?

3. What creatures start disassembling the broken monster in the Cylindrical Sea?

4. According to the Ambassador from Mercury, what is stored in a central information bank within Rama?

5. What scenery does Jimmy encounter as he walks?

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