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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nessus do while Speaker is sleeping?
(a) Turns the ship around.
(b) Locks Speaker in the sleeping quarters.
(c) Sets a course for the shadow squares.
(d) Holds a secret meeting with the other crew members.

2. Who does Teela Brown remind Louis of?
(a) Paula.
(b) Diana.
(c) Angela.
(d) Mimi.

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

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

5. What are the cat-like aliens Louis and Nessus see in the they travel to?
(a) Kzin.
(b) Tiglons.
(c) Opelion.
(d) Purrdin.

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

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

8. Where do the crew members go to pick up their ship?
(a) The Orion Belt colony.
(b) The East Solar space station.
(c) The Sol system settlement.
(d) The Bock brorough.

9. Who declares themselves in command as they leave the ship on their flycycles?
(a) Louis.
(b) Teela.
(c) Nessus.
(d) Speaker.

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

11. What does Louis discover Teela has been reading about in Chapter 3?
(a) The blue-prints to their space ship.
(b) Louis's private journal.
(c) Books about puppeteers.
(d) The galactic core explosion.

12. What does Nessus think about Teela in Chapter 11?
(a) That she is dangerous.
(b) That she is not lucky afterall.
(c) That she needs to be more helpful.
(d) That she is annoying.

13. How does Louis see Teela in light of her lack of understanding of pain and fear?
(a) He thinks she is undeveloped.
(b) He thinks she is evil.
(c) He thinks she is more evolved.
(d) He thinks she is lucky.

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

15. Why does Teela question Louis about the mission?
(a) She wants to get secrets about the ship they are taking.
(b) She wants to know more about where they are going.
(c) She does not trust Nessus but trusts Louis.
(d) She is interested in Louis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Teela finally decide to join the mission?

2. What trait does Nessus believe Teela has?

3. How many lights does Louis see in the Kempler rosette?

4. How big is the ring around the Ringworld?

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

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