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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Speaker-to-Animals hold in the first chapter of the story?
(a) He is an ambassador to Earth.
(b) He is a body-guard.
(c) He is a professional athlete.
(d) He is a hired henchman.

2. What type of pilot is the ship built for?
(a) A puppeteer pilot.
(b) A robot pilot.
(c) A kzin pilot.
(d) A human pilot.

3. Why does Louis jump from city-to-city and time zone-to-time zone in Chapter 1?
(a) Because he wants to visit all continents in one day.
(b) He is visiting his top ten favorite cities.
(c) To stretch out this birthday day.
(d) There is no reason, he just wants to have fun.

4. How many wars were the humans able to defeat the kzin in?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

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

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

7. What happens to the ship as a protective measure if it is attacked?
(a) It becomes invisible.
(b) A strong, fortified shield goes up.
(c) It stalls in time and goes into stasis.
(d) It releases an electromagnetic pulse.

8. What does the crew decide to name their new ship?
(a) Expedition.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Headquarters.
(d) Lying Bastard.

9. What happens if Nessus has to use the tasp on Speaker too many times?
(a) Speaker will stop responding to it.
(b) Speaker will shrink.
(c) Speaker will become enslaved to it.
(d) Speaker will die.

10. What is the kzin history with humans full of?
(a) Friendship and allied forces.
(b) There is no history between the two.
(c) Bloody wars.
(d) Cold idealogical wars.

11. What is the Blind Spot referred to in Chapter 5?
(a) The spot directly behind the ship.
(b) The underbelly of the ship.
(c) Looking out into hyperspace.
(d) Any part of unknown space.

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

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

14. How does Nessus respond when the ship it attacked?
(a) He lets out an angry roar.
(b) He curls into a ball.
(c) He tries to make sure no one is scared.
(d) He steps in to fly the ship.

15. Why is Louis worried about the aliens on the Ringworld?
(a) Because they are advanced enough to make the ring.
(b) Because there may be a lot of them.
(c) Because he hates all aliens.
(d) Because he has never been on another planet before.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nessus win over Louis and get him to come on his mysterious mission?

2. How does Louis see Teela in light of her lack of understanding of pain and fear?

3. Who declares themselves in command as they leave the ship on their flycycles?

4. What is the Kempler rosette?

5. Who must Nessus go see when the group arrives at the puppeteer planet?

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