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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Dr. Bose?
(a) Eighty-nine years old.
(b) Sixty-three years old.
(c) Seventy-nine years old.
(d) One hundred fifteen years old.

2. How big is the mass of Rama?
(a) At least ten trillion tons.
(b) At least a trillion tons.
(c) At least a billion tons.
(d) At least a million tons.

3. What location has one-third as much gravity as Earth?
(a) Rama.
(b) Endeavour.
(c) The moon.
(d) Mars.

4. When the Commander enters Rama, what does he see in the light of the flare?
(a) A circular sea.
(b) A miniature sun, moon and stars painted on the ceiling.
(c) The landscape of an entire world.
(d) A small space station-like structure.

5. What type of force does the Commander account for upon landing the Endeavour?
(a) Gravitational force.
(b) Contact force.
(c) Centrifugal force.
(d) Frictional force.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sita?

2. What slides out of the wall of the pillbox-shaped structure?

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

4. For the object 31/149, what do the numbers represent?

5. What does the Commander think about the amount of responsibility he must shoulder on this mission?

(see the answer key)

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