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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. How big is the ring around the Ringworld?
(a) 890 million miles long.
(b) 750 million kilometers long.
(c) 600 million miles long.
(d) 500 million miles long.

2. What does Chiron say their mission is for the Ringworld?
(a) To conquer it.
(b) To prepare it for the puppeteer arrival.
(c) To investigate it.
(d) To find new interstellar travel technology.

3. Who do the humans buy hyperdrive technology from?
(a) The Outsiders.
(b) The Borg.
(c) The Mariti.
(d) The Fringe.

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

5. What is Nessus's response when he learns Teela has agreed to come on the mission?
(a) He nods and walks away.
(b) He is overjoyed.
(c) He does a happy jig.
(d) He howls with terror.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Teela Brown remind Louis of?

2. Why is the quantum II hyperdrive engine useless to the puppeteers?

3. What does the crew decide to name their new ship?

4. In Chapter 2, why does Nessus say he has asked a kzin to come on his mission?

5. What is the name of Nessus's quantum II ship?

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