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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 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Speaker promise to keep the puppeteers manipulation of the kzin a secret?

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

4. What kind of structure is in the force field?

5. What does Speaker fly off to investigate?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Speaker injured in Chapter 14?

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

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

4. What state are Louis and Speaker in when they are finally released from the force field?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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