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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 the seating order of the delegates from the United Planets?
(a) In order by their population density.
(b) Alphabetically.
(c) Informally, according to arrival and personal choice.
(d) In order by distance from the Sun.

2. Who is in charge of the Endeavour while Norton receives the Triple-A message?
(a) Bill Norton.
(b) Jimmy Pak.
(c) Ruby Barnes.
(d) Laura Ernst.

3. On the ascent back to the Endeavour, who is the last to leave the plain on Rama?
(a) Rodrigo.
(b) Ernst.
(c) Mercer.
(d) Norton.

4. What is thrown down the face of the cliff after midnight by Pieter Rousseau?
(a) A scalpel to be used for dissection.
(b) A small can labeled, "concentrated orange juice."
(c) A telescope.
(d) A tube of toothpaste.

5. What catches Jimmy's eye amongst the trellis of wires and rods?
(a) A butterfly.
(b) A speck of color.
(c) A snake.
(d) A sheath of feathers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Rama Committee members want to find evidence, or lack thereof, on Rama?

2. What knocks over the equipment left behind at evacuation from hurricanes?

3. According to Chapter 25, under what conditions does Dragonfly handle the best?

4. According to Chapter 37, Mercury sends a missile to Rama, which stops fifty kilometers from Rama to do what?

5. What does Jimmy do immediately before he jumps off of the 500-meter cliff to be rescued?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Why is "Dragonfly" a good name for Jimmy Pak's sky-bike?

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

5. Why is Chapter 27 entitled, "Electric Wind"?

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

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

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

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

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

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