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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Chapter 35, how many times in the past has the Commander received a Triple-A priority message?
(a) Never before.
(b) Once earlier the same year.
(c) About once a year.
(d) Three times in his career.

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

3. What do the scavenger biots break down overnight, much to the dismay of Ruby Barnes?
(a) Debris that was stacked neatly on the outskirts of the camp.
(b) The Resolution.
(c) The artificial suns.
(d) Most of the spider-like creatures.

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

5. Mercer suggests that New York is intended to make what?
(a) Promordial soup.
(b) Ramans.
(c) A breathable atmosphere.
(d) Raw materials.

6. Who is in charge of the Endeavour while Norton receives the Triple-A message?
(a) Jimmy Pak.
(b) Laura Ernst.
(c) Ruby Barnes.
(d) Bill Norton.

7. Who is certified to navigate the Cylindrical Sea?
(a) Ruby and Boris.
(b) Ruby.
(c) Boris and Jimmy.
(d) Boris.

8. What is the justification the Ambassador from Mercury gives for dispatching a high-energy nuclear device to Rama?
(a) A space treaty entitles Mercury to protect their solar space.
(b) Hermians have the most military training.
(c) Hermians are more intelligent and know best.
(d) A space treaty entitles Mercury to act unilaterally.

9. What instruction is given to Jimmy regarding his entry into the water?
(a) Exhale to get all the air out of your lungs.
(b) Curl up into a ball.
(c) Close your eyes.
(d) Stiffen your body, feet locked together.

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

11. In Chapter 26, what potential danger concerns Jimmy as he begins his adventure?
(a) Flying creatures.
(b) Rain.
(c) Lightning.
(d) Wind.

12. Why does Hub Control monitor Jimmy's altitude?
(a) To help Jimmy stay near the zero gravity of the axis.
(b) To help Jimmy stay above the storm clouds.
(c) To help Jimmy stay visible to Hub Control.
(d) To help Jimmy avoid lightening.

13. If the Hermian bomb is detonated, what creates the biggest problem for the survival of the Endeavour?
(a) The fragments of Rama.
(b) Radiation.
(c) Space wind.
(d) The gamma-ray flash.

14. What word can be used to describe the spider-like creature that the explorers encounter while watching the evening news?
(a) Playful.
(b) Methodical.
(c) Skittish.
(d) Dumb.

15. What is a sticky-bomb?
(a) A sphere the size of a baseball that plays out a thread.
(b) Freeze-dried food.
(c) A small bomb that sticks to its target.
(d) A microphone that sticks to Jimmy's uniform.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is thrown down the face of the cliff after midnight by Pieter Rousseau?

2. Who wants to examine the spider-like creature?

3. What does Jimmy do immediately before he jumps off of the 500-meter cliff to be rescued?

4. What danger plays from the tip of Big Horn?

5. When the explorers cross the Cylindrical Sea, where do they go first?

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