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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 does Louis what Speaker to pretend to be to trick the natives?
(a) An invader.
(b) A demon.
(c) A god.
(d) Injured.

2. How does Louis respond to having the tasp used on him?
(a) He cries.
(b) He becomes enslaved to Nessus.
(c) He passes out.
(d) He kicks Nessus.

3. Who has Nessus discovered the woman is?
(a) An explorer from a distant planet.
(b) A crewmember from one of the Engineer ships.
(c) A former queen of Ringworld.
(d) A native who was stuck in the prison.

4. What had caused the collapse of the Ringworld society?
(a) Meteor storms.
(b) Famine.
(c) Mold.
(d) War.

5. What else do Speaker and Louis see trapped in the force field?
(a) Birds.
(b) Teela.
(c) Other vehicles.
(d) Their space ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Seeker looking for on the Ringworld?

2. What is a bandersnatch?

3. Why does the woman eventually turn off the force field?

4. What type of trait does Louis realize the puppeteers have tried to breed in the humans?

5. What does Speaker find in the castle?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Speaker injured in Chapter 14?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Please describe Seeker.

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

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