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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 Commander Norton doing when his executive officer notifis him of a Triple-A priority message awaiting him?
(a) Dreaming about Mars.
(b) Exploring New York.
(c) Helping Ernst dissect a spider-like creature.
(d) Returning to shore on the Revolution.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Norton compares New York to what on Earth?

2. Dr. Ernst cautioned Jimmy Pak to avoid something while on the trip with Dragonfly. What?

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

4. What do the scavenger biots break down overnight, much to the dismay of Ruby Barnes?

5. What instruction is given to Jimmy regarding his entry into the water?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the differences Jimmy Pak observed in the southern and northern ends of Rama.

2. Why did Jimmy Pak approach the crab-like creature?

3. What are some of the ways that are considered to rescue Jimmy Pak?

4. Describe the first creature that is encountered on Rama.

5. Why are Hermians compared to Spartans?

6. Why does Jerry Kirchoff make facetious comments to Norton and Rousseau in Chapters 36 and 37?

7. Commander Norton speculates about the origin of the lights on Rama. What are some of his theories?

8. Why is Chapter 17 entitled "Spring'?

9. Describe the flower that Jimmy Pak finds on Rama.

10. Why is Jimmy Pak able to remain calm as he struggles to land the sky-bike?

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