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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What do the native people as Louis for in Chapter 12?
(a) The flycycle.
(b) Food.
(c) A miracle.
(d) Light.
2. How do the crew members plan to travel to get help on the Ringworld?
(a) On their flycycles.
(b) On glider boards.
(c) On horseback.
(d) By foot.
3. What color is the Long Shot as it flies through hyperspace?
(a) Gray.
(b) Blue.
(c) Transparent.
(d) Black.
4. How does the crew travel through the puppeteer city?
(a) In taxis.
(b) By foot.
(c) Through portals.
(d) On stepping discs.
5. What does the puppeteer planet look like when the crew lands on it?
(a) All the cities are underground.
(b) It is a barren desert with millions of tents.
(c) It is full of tall buildings.
(d) It is all mountains and trees.
6. What does Louis discover Teela has been reading about in Chapter 3?
(a) Louis's private journal.
(b) Books about puppeteers.
(c) The galactic core explosion.
(d) The blue-prints to their space ship.
7. How does Chiron respond as Nessus approaches?
(a) He curses at Nessus.
(b) He asks for a secret meeting with Nessus.
(c) He leaves abruptly.
(d) He speaks to Nessus in an alien language.
8. Why does Teela question Louis about the mission?
(a) She is interested in Louis.
(b) She wants to know more about where they are going.
(c) She wants to get secrets about the ship they are taking.
(d) She does not trust Nessus but trusts Louis.
9. 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.
10. What is holding in the atmosphere on Ringworld?
(a) The Ozone.
(b) Pressure.
(c) A wall.
(d) A dome.
11. What is a general-address transfer booth?
(a) A public teleportation machine.
(b) An inter-demensional time machine.
(c) A fancy, futurisitic yellow pages.
(d) A public telephone.
12. What is the kzin history with humans full of?
(a) Cold idealogical wars.
(b) There is no history between the two.
(c) Friendship and allied forces.
(d) Bloody wars.
13. What does the crew decide to name their new ship?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Lying Bastard.
(c) Headquarters.
(d) Expedition.
14. What does the hyperdrive technology mean to Speaker?
(a) He can travel the universe.
(b) He may be allowed a name by his people.
(c) He can return to his home planet.
(d) He will be famous.
15. According to Chapter 5, what can cause ships to disappear?
(a) Negative gravitational forces.
(b) Singularities in space.
(c) Black holes.
(d) Galactic storms.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the Kempler rosette?
2. Who responds to the stress of the crash and Ringworld in Chapter 11 by going catatonic?
3. How many lights does Louis see in the Kempler rosette?
4. What is Louis's office protected from?
5. What or who does Louis suggest attacked the ship in Chapter 9?
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