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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the setting as the crew is finished packing for their journey to get help?
(a) The sun is shining and it is terribly hot.
(b) Night is falling.
(c) It is raining.
(d) The sun is just starting to rise.

2. How does the crew travel through the puppeteer city?
(a) By foot.
(b) In taxis.
(c) On stepping discs.
(d) Through portals.

3. What shape are the lights creating in the Kempler rosette?
(a) Octagon.
(b) Pentagon.
(c) Circle.
(d) Square.

4. How old is Teela Brown?
(a) 19 years-old.
(b) 16 years-old.
(c) 21 years-old.
(d) 25 years-old.

5. Where does the crew end up landing in Chapter 12?
(a) The port.
(b) A forest.
(c) A meadow.
(d) A plateau.

6. Which of the following does the crew not see while flying under the Ringworld?
(a) Rivers.
(b) Meteor craters.
(c) Aliens.
(d) Mountains.

7. What does Louis realize about Teela in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) She really is not lucky.
(b) She has never been truly hurt.
(c) She is not very smart.
(d) She has her own plan for the Ringworld.

8. Who is the first crewmember to leave the ship on the Ringworld?
(a) Nessus.
(b) Louis.
(c) Speaker.
(d) Teela.

9. Why do the puppeteers move their planets through space?
(a) They have no choice, the planets move themselves.
(b) They are a migratory species.
(c) They want to conquer the entire universe.
(d) They are afraid to travel in space ships.

10. How does Teela first respond to Nessus's offer to join the mission?
(a) She rejects it.
(b) She agrees without hesitation.
(c) She thinks it is a joke.
(d) She is unsure but eventually agrees.

11. Who does Teela Brown remind Louis of?
(a) Angela.
(b) Paula.
(c) Mimi.
(d) Diana.

12. How does the spaceport on the ring look to the crew on the ship?
(a) Open but not very busy.
(b) Hostile.
(c) Dark and deserted.
(d) Crowded and busy.

13. What landmark does the crew leave the broken ship near as they plan to leave it?
(a) A dead tree.
(b) A waterfall.
(c) A giant mountain.
(d) A large group of rocks.

14. Who declares themselves in command as they leave the ship on their flycycles?
(a) Nessus.
(b) Teela.
(c) Speaker.
(d) Louis.

15. Why does Nessus try to recruit Louis for a mission?
(a) Because Louis has been to the Ringworld before.
(b) Because only Louis knows how to fly the ship they are taking.
(c) He believes Louis is a genius.
(d) He knows that Louis is restless, and a natural explorer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nessus respond when the ship it attacked?

2. What does Nessus say has kept him from finding a fourth crewmember?

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

4. Who do the humans buy hyperdrive technology from?

5. What reason does Nessus give for the puppeteers not wiping out the kzin race?

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