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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After how many years does PROJECT SPACEGUARD justify its existence?
(a) One hundred and twenty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Fifty.

2. How many asteroids are being discovered by PROJECT SPACEGUARD by the year 2130?
(a) A thousand in 120 years.
(b) Twelve a day.
(c) Two hundred a year.
(d) Five a month.

3. How expensive is time on a big orbiting telescope?
(a) Ten thousand dollars per quarter hour.
(b) A thousand dollars an hour.
(c) A thousand dollars a minute.
(d) Ten thousand dollars an hour.

4. How does the book describe the world's population at the end of the 21st century?
(a) The human race is facing extinction from natural disasters.
(b) Cities in the northern hemisphere are sparsely populated.
(c) The human race has spread from pole to pole.
(d) Europe is more densely populated than fifty years earlier.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What words does the author use to portray the vast majority of asteroids?

2. Most asteroids tracked by Spaceguard are described as having this sort of orbit.

3. Rama is compared to what ordinary object?

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

5. How does one astronomer refer to asteroids?

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