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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Stepping Discs.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a variable sword?
(a) A small flimsy weapon that children use.
(b) A large, heavy sword that shatters bones.
(c) A mythological weapon that possesses secret powers.
(d) A thin wire weapon that can cut through nearly anything.

2. What reason does Nessus give for the puppeteers not wiping out the kzin race?
(a) The kzin are related to puppeteers and they will not destroy them.
(b) The kzin are indestructible.
(c) They are gentle giants.
(d) The kzin are not as dangerous to others anymore.

3. Who must Nessus go see when the group arrives at the puppeteer planet?
(a) The President.
(b) Those-who-lead.
(c) His doctor.
(d) His wife.

4. What does Nessus say has kept him from finding a fourth crewmember?
(a) A series of bizarre coincidences.
(b) No one believed he has a ship.
(c) People were fearful of him and ran away.
(d) His negative thinking.

5. What does the hyperdrive technology mean to Louis?
(a) He will be the technological leader of earth.
(b) He can be rich.
(c) He can travel anywhere he wants.
(d) He can his people from the future explosion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Teela finally decide to join the mission?

2. What does Nessus get Speaker to agree to if Nessus does not return?

3. Why does Nessus have to use a tasp on Speaker?

4. What does the puppeteer planet look like when the crew lands on it?

5. Besides Chiron's projection, how many other puppeteers do the crewmembers see?

(see the answer key)

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