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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Commander Norton doing when his executive officer notifis him of a Triple-A priority message awaiting him?
(a) Helping Ernst dissect a spider-like creature.
(b) Returning to shore on the Revolution.
(c) Dreaming about Mars.
(d) Exploring New York.

2. Where is Jimmy trying to land the Dragonfly in order to assure his survival?
(a) On land.
(b) In New York.
(c) Near the axis.
(d) Near the Resolution.

3. What challenge occurs very soon after Jimmy is pulled into the Revolution?
(a) An earthquake triggers a tidal wave.
(b) The flower falls in the water.
(c) Jimmy swallows a lot of poisonous water.
(d) Fireworks dance around the horns.

4. What does Jimmy grab off of the back of the crab-like creature?
(a) A map.
(b) A communicator.
(c) Food and drink.
(d) A backpack.

5. How long does it take the disturbance in Chapter 17 to subside?
(a) One hour.
(b) Fifteen minutes.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Half an hour.

6. On the ascent back to the Endeavour, who is the last to leave the plain on Rama?
(a) Rodrigo.
(b) Mercer.
(c) Ernst.
(d) Norton.

7. Who seems to be the most concerned that Rama's secret mission is to dominate the solar system?
(a) The Exobiologist.
(b) The Chairman of the Rama Committee
(c) The Ambassador from Earth.
(d) The Ambassador from Mars

8. According to Chapter 36, who is on watch, sometimes for twelve hours at a time and, therefore, knows more about the geography of Rama than anyone?
(a) Pieter Rousseau.
(b) Jerry Kirchoff.
(c) Ruby Barnes.
(d) Jimmy Pak.

9. What protects the explorers from falling off of the ladder when the lights go on?
(a) Space suits.
(b) Individual belt clips.
(c) Sticky boots.
(d) Zero gravity.

10. Why is it impossible for Hermians born and bred on Mercury to go to Earth?
(a) Earth's gravity is three time more powerful than Mercury's.
(b) Because there is not enough solar energy on Earth.
(c) Earth's gravity is twice as powerful than Mercury's.
(d) Because of the type of rain on Earth.

11. According to Chapter 37, Mercury sends a missile to Rama, which stops fifty kilometers from Rama to do what?
(a) Radiate a standard beacon frequency.
(b) Set up a sateffite dish in a parallel orbit to Rama.
(c) Send a non-verbal message to Commander Norton.
(d) Survey Rama usingTV cameras.

12. What knocks over the equipment left behind at evacuation from hurricanes?
(a) A mysterious presence.
(b) The wind.
(c) Simps.
(d) An earthquake.

13. What do the explorers hear as they reach the fourth level?
(a) Thunder.
(b) Ice cracking.
(c) Waves.
(d) A waterfall.

14. What is the "striking parallel" between Rama and terrestrial zoology, according to the Ambassador from Mars?
(a) A termite colony.
(b) A beehive.
(c) A coral reef.
(d) A desert.

15. What creatures start disassembling the broken monster in the Cylindrical Sea?
(a) Crab-like creatures.
(b) Starfish-like creatures.
(c) Lobster-like creatures.
(d) Coral-like creatures.

Short Answer Questions

1. There is speculation that New York gets its raw materials from where?

2. According to Chapter 18, how many "linear suns" switched on?

3. Hub Control diagnoses the problem at the sixth small spike as resulting from what?

4. What is the seating order of the delegates from the United Planets?

5. How many members are there in the United Planets?

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