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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What slides out of the wall of the pillbox-shaped structure?
(a) A claw.
(b) A tentacle.
(c) A wheel.
(d) Crossed bars.

2. What is the object that is first cataloged as 31/439?
(a) One of Jupiter's moons.
(b) The mysterious object that became known as Rama.
(c) A chunk of space junk that is tracked by the super computers until it crashes into Mars.
(d) One of Saturn's rings.

3. What location is home to more than a million people who had their hearing permanently damaged in 2077?
(a) Verona.
(b) Austria.
(c) Russia.
(d) Padua.

4. When did the inhabitants of Europe see a dazzling fireball appear in the eastern sky?
(a) August 6.
(b) April 19.
(c) September 11.
(d) February 12.

5. What does the first images of Rama prove?
(a) Rama is not a natural object.
(b) Rama is too far away to see clearly.
(c) The body of Rama is geometrically imperfect.
(d) The color of Rama fluctuates from black to shades of gray to white.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is used for a far nobler purpose at the end of Chapter 1?

2. SPACEGUARD is keeping track of how many asteroids at once?

3. Where on Rama does the Endeavour land?

4. How long does the Commander wait before exploring Rama?

5. What type of force does the Commander account for upon landing the Endeavour?

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