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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 31-38.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Hub Control diagnoses the problem at the sixth small spike as resulting from what?
(a) Battery drain.
(b) Psychological factors.
(c) An intense magnetic field.
(d) Exhaustion.

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

4. In Chapter 17, what makes the sound that wakes the whole camp?
(a) Driving rain drumming on the metal structures.
(b) Ice sheets breaking up.
(c) Storm-force winds.
(d) An earthquake.

5. According to the Ambassador from Mercury, what is stored in a central information bank within Rama?
(a) Raw materials.
(b) Templates for nonbiological entities.
(c) Patterns of Raman behavior.
(d) Statistics on the organic "soup" of the Cylindrical Sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is a cloud of vapor sent toward Rama?

2. What possibility causes Dr. Petera to suggest that Rama be evacuated early?

3. Who is in charge of the Endeavour while Norton receives the Triple-A message?

4. What is more disconcerting to Norton while in New York as compared to the plains of Rama?

5. What is the origin of the name of object 31/149?

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