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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Teela get separated from the group and finds herself where before they lose communication with her?
(a) Flying over a long river.
(b) In a valley.
(c) In a dark forest.
(d) Passing over a city.

4. How far will Louis and Speaker fall if they fall out of the force field?
(a) 100 yards.
(b) 100 feet.
(c) 90 yards.
(d) 90 feet.

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

6. What role does Louis seem to play in the group thus far in the story?
(a) Mediator.
(b) Leader.
(c) Scientist.
(d) Doctor.

7. What does Nessus do to the woman when he flies into the force field?
(a) Tries to catch her in a net.
(b) Speaks to her using the tasp.
(c) Shoots at her.
(d) Tries to seduce her.

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

9. Why does Louis pretend to sell Teela to Seeker?
(a) Seeker thinks Teela belongs to Louis.
(b) Seeker thinks Louis is a king.
(c) Louis wants Seeker to know he loved Teela.
(d) Teela has asked Louis do pretend.

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

11. Where is the tasp located?
(a) In the flycycle.
(b) Imbedded in Nessus.
(c) Speaker has it.
(d) With Louis.

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

13. Why does Nessus flee the group in Chapter 13?
(a) Because he wants to return to the ship.
(b) To get away from Teela.
(c) Because he does not agree with their route.
(d) To avoid retribution from Speaker.

14. Why does Louis think the ship crashed on Ringworld if Teela is supernaturally lucky?
(a) She is only lucky when she is awake.
(b) Her luck was affected by the stasis.
(c) She needed to be on Ringworld.
(d) Her luck only works on Earth.

15. What type of trait does Louis realize the puppeteers have tried to breed in the humans?
(a) Luck.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Height.
(d) Speed.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 18, what does Louis realize Teela uses to get attention?

2. What happens when Speaker attempts to cut the wire?

3. What has happened to all the translators in Chapter 17?

4. What is there a wire statue of in the castle?

5. What does Louis do when Nessus does not want to go rescue Teela?

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