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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Chapter 37, Mercury sends a missile to Rama, which stops fifty kilometers from Rama to do what?
(a) Set up a sateffite dish in a parallel orbit to Rama.
(b) Radiate a standard beacon frequency.
(c) Send a non-verbal message to Commander Norton.
(d) Survey Rama usingTV cameras.

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

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

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

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

7. There is speculation that New York gets its raw materials from where?
(a) The sea.
(b) The strong light source.
(c) From within the sealed buildings.
(d) The atmosphere.

8. What is the nickname of the big spike that Jimmy explores?
(a) Little Big Horn.
(b) Spikey.
(c) The Spikemonster.
(d) Big Horn.

9. What does Jimmy do immediately before he jumps off of the 500-meter cliff to be rescued?
(a) Tosses a good luck stone over the cliff.
(b) Takes off his shirt and grasp it with his right hand.
(c) Drops a flower over the cliff.
(d) Drops a handkerchief over the cliff.

10. What protects the explorers from falling off of the ladder when the lights go on?
(a) Individual belt clips.
(b) Sticky boots.
(c) Space suits.
(d) Zero gravity.

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

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

13. Why does Sergeant Barns throw out the Resolution's anchor?
(a) To break up the sea foam around the boat.
(b) To give Jimmy a way to climb into the boat.
(c) To test the depth of the water under the boat.
(d) To keep the boat stationary.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the explorers hear as they reach the fourth level?

2. What danger plays from the tip of Big Horn?

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

4. Who is certified to navigate the Cylindrical Sea?

5. When on top of the levee at the far side of the city, what concerns Norton?

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