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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 warning does Louis get through his translator as he speaks with the priest?
(a) To get off the protected wavelength.
(b) That he should not be there.
(c) That death is among them.
(d) That "they" are coming.

2. How far will Louis and Speaker fall if they fall out of the force field?
(a) 100 yards.
(b) 90 feet.
(c) 100 feet.
(d) 90 yards.

3. Why does the woman eventually turn off the force field?
(a) She always turns off the force field at night.
(b) She wants Louis to come to her.
(c) Nessus has won her over.
(d) She is no longer interested in her captives.

4. What makes Louis think that Teela must be dead?
(a) He sees her cycle among the cars.
(b) He has a gut feeling.
(c) He thinks she is too foolish to survive.
(d) He has not heard from her in hours.

5. What is a bandersnatch?
(a) A man-eating plant.
(b) A fierce water beast.
(c) A witch doctor.
(d) Another crashed ship in Ringworld.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the priest call the floating castle?

2. Why is Teela crying under a waterfall in Chapter 14?

3. What has Teela gotten the stairs in the castle to do?

4. What does Louis use the disintegrator for in the beginning of Chapter 15?

5. What is Louis's theory about what happened to the city's original builders?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in Chapter 22 when the crew tried to collect some of the square wire?

2. What plan does Louis start creating in Chapter 21 and why?

3. What realization about the puppeteers and the man-kzin does Louis come to in Chapter 13?

4. What theories to Louis and Nessus have about the original Engineers of Ringworld?

5. What conclusion about Teela's luck does the crew come to in Chapter 18?

6. What happens to the crew when they discover the eye in the sky in Chapter 17?

7. Please describe Seeker.

8. What information does the map room show the crew?

9. How does Louis respond to Teela's love for Seeker?

10. What does the crew learn about the Engineer woman in Chapter 21?

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