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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 does Speaker want to do when he sees the floating eye in the sky?
(a) Hide.
(b) Shoot it with the disintegrator.
(c) Return to the castle.
(d) Fly through it.

2. Why is the crew heading back toward the castle in Chapter 22?
(a) They need the maps.
(b) It is their home base.
(c) To see if Teela is there.
(d) To gather square wire.

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

4. What happens when Louis calls Nessus to report Speaker's incident?
(a) Louis in unable to get a hold of Nessus.
(b) Nessus passes out.
(c) Nessus refuses to answer.
(d) Nessus turns around and heads to the ship.

5. What do the crew members realize the eye really is?
(a) A meteor hole.
(b) A hologram.
(c) A moon.
(d) A storm.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 17, what does Nessus believe about the original inhabitants of the Ringworld?

3. What does Louis notice on the Ringworld ground as they fly?

4. What is Louis's theory about what happened to the city's original builders?

5. What is part of Seeker's payment for Teela?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Louis's final plan to get the Liar and the crew off of the Ringworld?

2. What does the crew think of the woman that they see in the prison?

3. What plan does Louis start creating in Chapter 21 and why?

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

5. What realization about the puppeteers and the man-kzin does Louis come to in Chapter 13?

6. What information does the map room show the crew?

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

8. How does the crew escape the force field in Chapter 20?

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

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

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