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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Louis's cycle when the signal pulls them in?
(a) It turns upside down.
(b) It explodes.
(c) It deflates.
(d) It shrinks.

2. What does Speaker tell Louis he needs in Chapter 20?
(a) His medicine.
(b) Water.
(c) Fresh meat.
(d) Whiskey.

3. While searching for Teela, what happens to Speaker and Louis' bikes?
(a) The controls go haywire.
(b) They are attacked by glowing bugs.
(c) They break down.
(d) They are caught in some sort of tractor beam.

4. What does Louis notice on the Ringworld ground as they fly?
(a) A series of irrigation troughs.
(b) Crop-circle like symbols.
(c) Several hot springs.
(d) Bare spots where the ground has eroded away.

5. What does Louis make Speaker promise before they set off into space?
(a) To be nice to Prill.
(b) Not to eat anyone.
(c) To go into stasis for the trip back.
(d) Not to steal the Long Shot.

6. Who does the crew leave in the floating castle?
(a) Speaker.
(b) Nessus.
(c) Prill.
(d) Teela.

7. Why does Speaker promise to keep the puppeteers manipulation of the kzin a secret?
(a) Because he does not care about it really.
(b) To avoid war.
(c) So that he has power over the puppeteers.
(d) To make Louis happy.

8. In Chapter 17, what does Nessus believe about the original inhabitants of the Ringworld?
(a) They can live on any planet.
(b) They could speak any language.
(c) They could transmute matter.
(d) They are not true humans.

9. What kind of structure is in the force field?
(a) A little island.
(b) A large spaceship.
(c) Another castle.
(d) A floating prison.

10. What does Speaker fly off to investigate?
(a) A gold flicker on the land below.
(b) A dark ring of smoke in the distance.
(c) A curious noise coming from the trees.
(d) A shiny break in the clouds.

11. What does the bald woman throw at Louis while he is in the force field?
(a) A rope.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Translators.

12. What does the priest call the floating castle?
(a) Home.
(b) The Temple.
(c) Sanctuary.
(d) Heaven.

13. What are the people who built the city and flying castle called?
(a) The Creators.
(b) The First.
(c) The Ones.
(d) The Engineers.

14. Why is Teela crying under a waterfall in Chapter 14?
(a) She hates Nessus.
(b) She is overwhelmed with Ringworld.
(c) She is mad at Louis.
(d) She wants to go home.

15. What else do Speaker and Louis see trapped in the force field?
(a) Their space ship.
(b) Other vehicles.
(c) Birds.
(d) Teela.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Louis plan to move the Liar to where they can launch into space?

2. What was Prill using the force field for?

3. Where is the tasp located?

4. Why does Teela defend the puppeteers actions towards the kzin?

5. What happens to Prill without the tasp?

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