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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Louis's feelings towards Teela?
(a) He does not like her at all.
(b) He is indifferent.
(c) He is attracted to her.
(d) He sees her as a younger sister.

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

3. What birthday is Louis Wu celebrating at the start of the novel?
(a) His 100th.
(b) His 200th.
(c) His 150th.
(d) His 199th.

4. What is the Kempler rosette?
(a) A dying star.
(b) A travelling space station powered by humans.
(c) A beautiful constellation.
(d) Five connected planets moving through space.

5. In Chapter 2, why does Nessus say he has asked a kzin to come on his mission?
(a) Because kzin are known for their adventourous spirit.
(b) To be their intergallactic guide.
(c) To protect him.
(d) Because kzin are smart.

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

7. Which of the following information about Ringworld is not correct?
(a) The ring is 1 million miles across.
(b) It has breathable air.
(c) There are 20 rectangles circling the sun.
(d) It has the same gravity as Earth.

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

9. Besides Chiron's projection, how many other puppeteers do the crewmembers see?
(a) Millions.
(b) Fifty.
(c) None.
(d) Thousands.

10. What does Louis think about being born lucky?
(a) He does not think you can breed for luck.
(b) He does not think there is such thing as luck.
(c) He wishes he was bred for luck.
(d) He thinks that everyone is bred for luck.

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

12. Why does Nessus have to use a tasp on Speaker?
(a) To ease Speaker's air sickness.
(b) Because Speaker tries to steal the ship.
(c) Because Speaker needs help falling asleep.
(d) To make Speaker be quiet.

13. 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) The kzin are not as dangerous to others anymore.
(d) They are gentle giants.

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

15. Why does Teela finally decide to join the mission?
(a) She concludes that puppeteers are not that bad after all.
(b) She thinks the voyage might make her famous.
(c) She decides she is ready to travel.
(d) She realizes that humanity will need the quantum II drive.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Louis realize about Teela in the beginning of Chapter 4?

3. What is the setting as the crew is finished packing for their journey to get help?

4. What are the natives on the Ringworld like?

5. Who wants to land on the Ringworld?

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