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

2. As Norton pulls himself up the last hundred meters of the ladder, what is forming in the interior of Rama?
(a) A thunderstorm.
(b) Trade winds.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A volcano.

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

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

5. What danger plays from the tip of Big Horn?
(a) Strands of lava.
(b) Streamers of lightning.
(c) Puffs of some strange gas.
(d) Clouds of fog.

Short Answer Questions

1. When exploring the first city, to simplify the task, only what percentage is to be examined?

2. Why does Sergeant Barns throw out the Resolution's anchor?

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

4. What is constructed from six empty storage drums held together by a light metal framework?

5. According to the Ambassador from Mercury, what did everyone fail to consider about Rama?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Norton order the Revolution to return to shore as quickly as possible after seeing the giant starfish?

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

3. How is it possible that the spider-like creature sneaks up on Norton, Rodrigo, Calvert, and Ernst while they are watching the evening news telecast?

4. Why is Chapter 17 entitled "Spring'?

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

6. What was different about the atmosphere after the ice thawed and the lights came on?

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

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

9. Why are Hermians compared to Spartans?

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

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