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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why were there many photographs taken of New York?
(a) To make a jigsaw puzzle.
(b) To look at the images for missed patterns.
(c) To prove the team visited New York.
(d) To use to construct an accurate scale model of the city.

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

4. What catches Jimmy's eye amongst the trellis of wires and rods?
(a) A butterfly.
(b) A snake.
(c) A sheath of feathers.
(d) A speck of color.

5. Why had Commander Norton once fallen in love with a Hermian woman, but did not marry her?
(a) People from Earth do not have automatic citizenship on Mercury.
(b) Commander Norton is only allowed two wives at a time.
(c) Hermians disapproved of marriage with anyone from outside the orbit of Venus.
(d) The girl broke Commander Norton's heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sergeant Barns throw out the Resolution's anchor?

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

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

4. According to Chapter 24, what is smuggled on board the Endeavour?

5. What word can be used to describe the spider-like creature that the explorers encounter while watching the evening news?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Commander delay explaining the method they were going to use to Jimmy?

2. Why does the exobiologist, Dr. Perera, feel mortified at the beginning of Chapter 19?

3. Describe the flower that Jimmy Pak finds on Rama.

4. What was different about the atmosphere after the ice thawed and the lights came on?

5. Why did Jimmy Pak approach the crab-like creature?

6. What are some of the ways the Commander considered to travel to the South Pole?

7. According to Chapter 23, why is Ravi McAndrews considered one of the last people on the Endeavour to normally engage in a technical discussion?

8. Why is Chapter 27 entitled, "Electric Wind"?

9. What are some of the ways that are considered to rescue Jimmy Pak?

10. Why is it the case that some planets in the solar system are not represented in the United Planets?

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