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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Louis what Speaker to pretend to be to trick the natives?
(a) A demon.
(b) An invader.
(c) Injured.
(d) A god.

3. What does Louis find at the top of Fist-of-God?
(a) Lava.
(b) An air launch.
(c) A meteor hole.
(d) A worm hole.

4. Although she is ancient, how has Prill survived all this time on Ringworld?
(a) By going into stasis.
(b) By eating a special fruit of Ringworld.
(c) Engineers can live forever.
(d) By taking a drug to keep her young.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the crew members realize the eye really is?

3. Why did the crew of Prill's ship kill the captain on their final return to Ringworld?

4. What does Speaker fly off to investigate?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in Chapter 22 when the crew tried to collect some of the square wire?

2. What agreement do Louis and Speaker come to in Chapter 24 about their knowledge of the puppeteers' manipulation?

3. What plan does Louis present to Speaker in the starter of Chapter 14?

4. What happens to the crew when they discover the eye in the sky in Chapter 17?

5. What happens to Teela in Chapter 18 after she is sucked into the storm?

6. What does the crew do after Speaker is hit and until darkness falls in Chapter 15?

7. How does Louis respond to Teela's love for Seeker?

8. What does the crew find inside the floating castle?

9. What theories to Louis and Nessus have about the original Engineers of Ringworld?

10. How is Speaker injured in Chapter 14?

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