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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who stays with Louis when Nessus leaves to search for the fourth crew member?
(a) Teela.
(b) His wife.
(c) Speaker.
(d) No one.

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

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

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

8. Why does Louis disable the instrument panel before Speaker wakes up?
(a) Because the ship is being towed in.
(b) Because that is what Nessus said to do.
(c) So that Speaker cannot steal the ship.
(d) Because Speaker cannot awake until the panel is offline.

9. How does Nessus win over Louis and get him to come on his mysterious mission?
(a) By telling Louis he will receive a planet as a reward.
(b) By manipulating him.
(c) By threatening his life if he does not agree to come.
(d) By promising riches and wealth.

10. What color is the Long Shot as it flies through hyperspace?
(a) Transparent.
(b) Black.
(c) Gray.
(d) Blue.

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

12. What does the ship hit as it passes between the shadow squares?
(a) An invisible force field.
(b) A mountain peak.
(c) A meteor.
(d) A thin, strong wire.

13. Where has the Liar landed on Ringworld?
(a) The desert.
(b) In the middle of a city.
(c) On a mountain top.
(d) In a large field.

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

15. How long will their flycycle trip to the port take the crew?
(a) A few hours.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) A day.
(d) A month.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do the puppeteers avoid reproducing?

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

4. What does Nessus think about Teela in Chapter 11?

5. Why is Louis worried about the aliens on the Ringworld?

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