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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What are the natives on the Ringworld like?
(a) They are short and bug-like.
(b) Bear-like beings.
(c) Humans.
(d) Puppeteers.
2. Which of the following does the crew not see while flying under the Ringworld?
(a) Rivers.
(b) Aliens.
(c) Meteor craters.
(d) Mountains.
3. How many lights does Louis see in the Kempler rosette?
(a) Ten.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.
4. Where has the Liar landed on Ringworld?
(a) The desert.
(b) On a mountain top.
(c) In the middle of a city.
(d) In a large field.
5. What is a general-address transfer booth?
(a) A public teleportation machine.
(b) A fancy, futurisitic yellow pages.
(c) A public telephone.
(d) An inter-demensional time machine.
6. What does Nessus do while Speaker is sleeping?
(a) Locks Speaker in the sleeping quarters.
(b) Turns the ship around.
(c) Sets a course for the shadow squares.
(d) Holds a secret meeting with the other crew members.
7. How does Teela first respond to Nessus's offer to join the mission?
(a) She thinks it is a joke.
(b) She is unsure but eventually agrees.
(c) She agrees without hesitation.
(d) She rejects it.
8. What or who does Louis suggest attacked the ship in Chapter 9?
(a) A piece of space junk.
(b) Another exploration vessel coming to Ringworld.
(c) The inhabitants of the Ringworld.
(d) An anti-meteor weapon.
9. How does the crew travel through the puppeteer city?
(a) Through portals.
(b) In taxis.
(c) On stepping discs.
(d) By foot.
10. What are the cat-like aliens Louis and Nessus see in the they travel to?
(a) Tiglons.
(b) Opelion.
(c) Kzin.
(d) Purrdin.
11. When is the only time hyperspace can be accessed?
(a) In speeds in excess of 7 light years per second.
(b) Away from large masses in space.
(c) When a ship is near a planet.
(d) On Tuesdays.
12. Why does Louis object to Teela as a candidate for the mission?
(a) He does not trust her kind.
(b) He thinks her zeal for travel is dangerous to the team.
(c) He thinks she is too young and uninterested in travel.
(d) Louis does not think a woman should travel.
13. Where is the Long Shot headed in Chapter 5?
(a) Toward the puppeteer migration.
(b) To a satellite space station past Pluto.
(c) Toward the Eon Galaxy.
(d) To Mars for re-fueling.
14. What birthday is Louis Wu celebrating at the start of the novel?
(a) His 100th.
(b) His 150th.
(c) His 200th.
(d) His 199th.
15. Why does Teela question Louis about the mission?
(a) She does not trust Nessus but trusts Louis.
(b) She is interested in Louis.
(c) She wants to get secrets about the ship they are taking.
(d) She wants to know more about where they are going.
Short Answer Questions
1. Besides Chiron's projection, how many other puppeteers do the crewmembers see?
2. What does Nessus say has kept him from finding a fourth crewmember?
3. How many wars were the humans able to defeat the kzin in?
4. Who is the first crewmember to leave the ship on the Ringworld?
5. When Louis first sees Nessus, where does he recall seeing this type of alien race previously?
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