3. What does Dr. Bose long for?
(a) More immigration.
(b) Familiar faces and ordinary days.
(c) New faces and unexpected behavior.
(d) The unexpected.

4. 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.

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

6. According to Chapter 6, how far is the distance between Earth and Mars?
(a) Five hours by shuttle.
(b) The same distance as the Sun is from the Earth.
(c) Three hundred million kilometers.
(d) One hundred million kilometers.

7. How does Commander Norton feel about landing on Rama?
(a) A healthy dose of caution.
(b) A sense of danger and surprise.
(c) A mixture of elation and anxiety.
(d) Filled with trepedation.

8. In Chapter 12, Norton notices something remarkable as he is exploring. What is it?
(a) Ramans must have been physical-fitness fanatics.
(b) There are no signs of wear and tear.
(c) He could take Rama for granted despite its size.
(d) Normal walking is possible in the lowered gravity.

9. In Chapter 10, how do the explorers descend the ladder?
(a) The explorers ascended the ladder, they did not descend.
(b) The explorers slide along the handrail to descend.
(c) The explorers did not use the ladder.
(d) The explorers bounce down the ladder three rungs at a time.

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

11. What ships can catch up with Rama before it leaves the solar system?
(a) Only the Challenger.
(b) The Calypso, Beagle, and Endeavour.
(c) The Calypso, Beagle, and Challenger.
(d) Only the Endeavour.

12. Who is the first Character introduced in Chapter 2?
(a) Dr. Stenton.
(b) Commander Norton
(c) Professor Davidson
(d) Dr. Price.

13. What is used for a far nobler purpose at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) The wealth of the countries that make up the European Union.
(b) The weaponry skills acquired in the late twentieth century.
(c) The natural resources found in Europe.
(d) The software designed to simulate "celestial target practice."

14. What is the first city to be visited by the Commander and the other explorers?
(a) Paris.
(b) New York.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) London.

15. The reference to the five giants is referring to what group of five?
(a) Ceres, Pallas, Juno, Eunomia, and Vesta.
(b) The five biggest moons of Jupiter.
(c) The five giant asteroids that orbit the Sun.
(d) The five most famous astronomers in history: Brahe, Galilei, Kepler, Copernicus, and Ptolemy.