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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the spaceport on the ring look to the crew on the ship?
(a) Hostile.
(b) Open but not very busy.
(c) Crowded and busy.
(d) Dark and deserted.

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

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

4. When is the only time hyperspace can be accessed?
(a) When a ship is near a planet.
(b) On Tuesdays.
(c) In speeds in excess of 7 light years per second.
(d) Away from large masses in space.

5. What is Nessus's response when he learns Teela has agreed to come on the mission?
(a) He howls with terror.
(b) He does a happy jig.
(c) He nods and walks away.
(d) He is overjoyed.

6. What do the native people as Louis for in Chapter 12?
(a) A miracle.
(b) Food.
(c) Light.
(d) The flycycle.

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

8. Why does the crew think that the Ringworld may have reverted to savagery?
(a) Because there are clearly warring tribes below them.
(b) Because they see smoke.
(c) Because they cannot see any aliens.
(d) Because there is a desert on the planet.

9. 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 has never been on another planet before.
(d) Because he hates all aliens.

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

11. What does Nessus say has kept him from finding a fourth crewmember?
(a) His negative thinking.
(b) People were fearful of him and ran away.
(c) A series of bizarre coincidences.
(d) No one believed he has a ship.

12. Who objects to travel in statis during the mission?
(a) Speaker.
(b) Teela.
(c) Louis.
(d) Nessus.

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

14. What does Louis realize about Teela in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) She has her own plan for the Ringworld.
(b) She really is not lucky.
(c) She is not very smart.
(d) She has never been truly hurt.

15. What does Teela tell Louis is the real reason she wanted to join the mission?
(a) She is hoping to go to the new place and never return.
(b) She felt pressured into saying yes by Nessus.
(c) She was bored and tired of her life on Earth.
(d) She loves Louis and wanted to be with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Louis jump from city-to-city and time zone-to-time zone in Chapter 1?

2. What happens if Nessus has to use the tasp on Speaker too many times?

3. At the end of Chapter 3, what does Louis say the mission is?

4. What shape are the lights creating in the Kempler rosette?

5. What landmark does the crew leave the broken ship near as they plan to leave it?

(see the answer keys)

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