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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens as Jimmy backs away through the framework?
(a) The plant is retreating into the ground.
(b) The snake is crawling back into its hole.
(c) The feathers melt like snow.
(d) The opening in the framework is closing.

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

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

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

5. What do the scavenger biots break down overnight, much to the dismay of Ruby Barnes?
(a) The Resolution.
(b) The artificial suns.
(c) Most of the spider-like creatures.
(d) Debris that was stacked neatly on the outskirts of the camp.

6. What does the Commander decide to do about the priority message to earth?
(a) Send a message to the Committee and copy the Church.
(b) Send a message to the Committee asking permission to notify the church.
(c) Prohibits the use of the priority message system for personal use.
(d) Send a message to the Church.

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

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

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

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

11. Why is it impossible for Hermians born and bred on Mercury to go to Earth?
(a) Because of the type of rain on Earth.
(b) Earth's gravity is three time more powerful than Mercury's.
(c) Because there is not enough solar energy on Earth.
(d) Earth's gravity is twice as powerful than Mercury's.

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

13. Who is certified to navigate the Cylindrical Sea?
(a) Ruby and Boris.
(b) Ruby.
(c) Boris and Jimmy.
(d) Boris.

14. What does Jimmy grab off of the back of the crab-like creature?
(a) A backpack.
(b) Food and drink.
(c) A map.
(d) A communicator.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Jimmy trying to land the Dragonfly in order to assure his survival?

2. In Chapter 26, what potential danger concerns Jimmy as he begins his adventure?

3. What does Jimmy do immediately before he jumps off of the 500-meter cliff to be rescued?

4. What scenery does Jimmy encounter as he walks?

5. Where do the pieces of Jimmy's sky-bike end up?

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