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

2. 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.

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

4. Why did the crew of Prill's ship kill the captain on their final return to Ringworld?
(a) For endangering them.
(b) Because he would not let them leave the ship
(c) Just because.
(d) He was a tyrant.

5. What happens when Speaker attempts to cut the wire?
(a) It cannot be cut.
(b) The natives attack.
(c) The wires attack him.
(d) He cuts himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the bald woman throw at Louis while he is in the force field?

2. Who does the crew leave in the floating castle?

3. What role does Louis seem to play in the group thus far in the story?

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

5. What does Speaker tell Louis he needs in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Speaker injured in Chapter 14?

3. What role does Prill now play in Louis life in Chapter 23?

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

5. What do Teela and Speaker realize about the puppeteers interference with their species and breeding in Chapter 13?

6. Please describe Seeker.

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

8. What is found inside the force field in Chapter 19?

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

10. What does the crew learn about the Engineer woman in Chapter 21?

(see the answer keys)

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