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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 constructed from six empty storage drums held together by a light metal framework?
(a) A raft.
(b) The Resolution.
(c) The Cook.
(d) A pontoon boat.

2. What is the justification the Ambassador from Mercury gives for dispatching a high-energy nuclear device to Rama?
(a) A space treaty entitles Mercury to act unilaterally.
(b) Hermians are more intelligent and know best.
(c) A space treaty entitles Mercury to protect their solar space.
(d) Hermians have the most military training.

3. When exploring the first city, to simplify the task, only what percentage is to be examined?
(a) One-half.
(b) One-eigth.
(c) One-ninth.
(d) One-third.

4. What does Jimmy grab off of the back of the crab-like creature?
(a) A communicator.
(b) A map.
(c) A backpack.
(d) Food and drink.

5. If the Hermian bomb is detonated, what creates the biggest problem for the survival of the Endeavour?
(a) Space wind.
(b) The gamma-ray flash.
(c) The fragments of Rama.
(d) Radiation.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Commander Norton doing when his executive officer notifis him of a Triple-A priority message awaiting him?

3. What danger plays from the tip of Big Horn?

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

5. As Norton pulls himself up the last hundred meters of the ladder, what is forming in the interior of Rama?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the exobiologist, Dr. Perera, feel mortified at the beginning of Chapter 19?

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

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

4. Why are Hermians compared to Spartans?

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

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

7. Why is Chapter 17 entitled "Spring'?

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

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

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

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