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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Straight Valley?
(a) A long groove or trench near Paris.
(b) A line dug into the sand near the Cylindrical Sea.
(c) A valley located next to the Rockies.
(d) A valley adjacent to the South Pole.

2. What is the expected effect of an matter-antimatter reaction?
(a) The biggest bang since the solar system was formed.
(b) The permanent creation of a second sun.
(c) A reaction as gentle as a snowflake.
(d) The total annihilation of the solar system.

3. What is Camp Alpha?
(a) A temporary meeting place for the Rama Committee.
(b) A temporary camp on Rama.
(c) A permanent camp on Rama.
(d) The place on Rama thought to be perhaps a million years old.

4. Who speaks fluent Simplish?
(a) Myron.
(b) Ernst.
(c) McAndrews.
(d) Mercer.

5. How old is Dr. Bose?
(a) Eighty-nine years old.
(b) Seventy-nine years old.
(c) Sixty-three years old.
(d) One hundred fifteen years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. At first, Rama is believed to be what?

2. When did the inhabitants of Europe see a dazzling fireball appear in the eastern sky?

3. During the initial exploration of Rama, what is the temperature like?

4. The reference to the five giants is referring to what group of five?

5. Why is Baked Alaska mentioned in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Commander Norton saw and felt when he entered Rama while tethered to a safety line.

2. What do the members of the Rama Committee think of Commander Norton?

3. What is discovered about Rama once it is photographed by the cameras released by Sita?

4. Why did Commander Norton feel a kinship with a long-dead Egyptologist?

5. What do believers in the Pandora movement believe in?

6. When do objects like 31/439 obtain a name?

7. What was the initial response to the catastrophic destruction of 2077?

8. After the initial news media fuss, why did all the world forget about Rama, except for the astronomers?

9. What were the characteristics of the object known as 31/439 that set it apart from other asteroids?

10. What did Dr. Stenton discover about Rama after he processed the results from viewing the asteroid with a big orbiting telescope?

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