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

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

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

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

5. What does Jimmy do while circling New York?
(a) Record video.
(b) Rest.
(c) Look for signs of life.
(d) Try to understand the complexity of the panorama.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 28, who is Jimmy being compared to?

2. What maneuver is Jimmy unsure of how to perform with Dragonfly?

3. What protects the explorers from falling off of the ladder when the lights go on?

4. Who seems to be the most concerned that Rama's secret mission is to dominate the solar system?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the supposed similarities between a termite colony and Rama.

2. Why is Chapter 17 entitled "Spring'?

3. Why are Hermians compared to Spartans?

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

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

6. What are some of the ways the Commander considered to travel to the South Pole?

7. Why is it the case that some planets in the solar system are not represented in the United Planets?

8. How does Commander Norton feel about Boris Rodrigo's request to send a priority message to the Mother Church?

9. According to Chapter 23, why is Ravi McAndrews considered one of the last people on the Endeavour to normally engage in a technical discussion?

10. Who is the only member of the crew that seems comfortable with the sights now illuminated on Rama?

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