Ringworld | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Chapter 1, Louis Wu

1. What birthday is Louis Wu celebrating at the start of the novel?

2. What is a general-address transfer booth?

3. Why does Louis jump from city-to-city and time zone-to-time zone in Chapter 1?

4. What are Pierson's puppeteers known for?

5. Why did the puppeteers disappear?

6. When Louis first sees Nessus, where does he recall seeing this type of alien race previously?

7. How many heads does Nessus have?

8. Why does Nessus try to recruit Louis for a mission?

9. How does Nessus win over Louis and get him to come on his mysterious mission?

10. What in in the picture that Nessus shows Louis in the first chapter?