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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. Why does Teela defend the puppeteers actions towards the kzin?
(a) Because she is anit-kzin.
(b) Because it has kept humans from becoming kzin slaves.
(c) Because she she likes to argue.
(d) Because she feels bad for Nessus.

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

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

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

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 fix the Liar.
(d) To kill Nessus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Louis think about the Ringworld natives forgetting their past and that they live on a ring?

3. How is Speaker's state at the start of Chapter 20?

4. What does Louis make Speaker promise before they set off into space?

5. Why does Nessus flee the group in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What conclusion about Teela's luck does the crew come to in Chapter 18?

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

(see the answer keys)

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