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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Speaker-to-Animals.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the crew members go to pick up their ship?
(a) The Sol system settlement.
(b) The Orion Belt colony.
(c) The East Solar space station.
(d) The Bock brorough.

2. How many heads does Nessus have?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

3. Why does Louis object to Teela as a candidate for the mission?
(a) Louis does not think a woman should travel.
(b) He thinks she is too young and uninterested in travel.
(c) He thinks her zeal for travel is dangerous to the team.
(d) He does not trust her kind.

4. What birthday is Louis Wu celebrating at the start of the novel?
(a) His 100th.
(b) His 199th.
(c) His 200th.
(d) His 150th.

5. How does Nessus win over Louis and get him to come on his mysterious mission?
(a) By telling Louis he will receive a planet as a reward.
(b) By threatening his life if he does not agree to come.
(c) By promising riches and wealth.
(d) By manipulating him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Louis jump from city-to-city and time zone-to-time zone in Chapter 1?

2. Who does Teela Brown remind Louis of?

3. What happens if Nessus has to use the tasp on Speaker too many times?

4. What trait does Nessus believe Teela has?

5. What in in the picture that Nessus shows Louis in the first chapter?

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