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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 makes Louis think that Teela must be dead?
(a) He has a gut feeling.
(b) He sees her cycle among the cars.
(c) He has not heard from her in hours.
(d) He thinks she is too foolish to survive.

2. 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) By taking a drug to keep her young.
(d) Engineers can live forever.

3. Why does Prill try to seduce Louis?
(a) Because she loves him.
(b) Because she is crazy.
(c) So that they will take her with them.
(d) To get to the tasp.

4. In Chapter 18, what does Louis realize Teela uses to get attention?
(a) Her good looks.
(b) Silence.
(c) Reckless behavior.
(d) Laughing fits.

5. What does Louis use the wire for in Chapter 24?
(a) To pull the liar to the top of the mountain.
(b) To catapult the Improbable into space.
(c) To kill Nessus.
(d) To fix the Liar.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the only thing that can save the crew from these burning lights?

3. Who is the great leader who was overthrown before the city fell?

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

5. What is a bandersnatch?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Please describe Seeker.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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