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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What information does Louis try to get from Nessus in Chapter 4?
(a) The real reason why they are on this mission.
(b) The map of Ringworld.
(c) The location of the blueprints for the ship.
(d) The location of the puppeteer home planet.

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

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

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

5. 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) It is raining.
(c) Night is falling.
(d) The sun is just starting to rise.

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

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

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

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

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

11. According to Chapter 5, what can cause ships to disappear?
(a) Galactic storms.
(b) Singularities in space.
(c) Black holes.
(d) Negative gravitational forces.

12. Who wants to land on the Ringworld?
(a) Louis.
(b) Teela.
(c) Speaker.
(d) Nessus.

13. The ship taking the crew to Ringworld is designed to be piloted by whom?
(a) A puppeteer.
(b) A woman.
(c) A human.
(d) A kzin.

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

15. How long does it take the crew to travel from the puppeteer planet to Ringworld?
(a) 5 years.
(b) A year.
(c) A week.
(d) A month.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Louis first sees Nessus, where does he recall seeing this type of alien race previously?

2. What does Nessus use to kill one of the native attackers in the city?

3. What job does Speaker-to-Animals hold in the first chapter of the story?

4. What is a general-address transfer booth?

5. Why is Nessus surprised when he meets Teela at Louis's party?

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