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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is there a wire statue of in the castle?

2. What has Louis named the police station?

3. What do the crew members realize the eye really is?

4. What lies between the Liar and the rim of the ring?

5. What draws the party to the floating castle?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What information does the map room show the crew?

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

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

8. How is Speaker injured in Chapter 14?

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

10. How does Louis respond when thousands of natives come to the flying castle in Chapter 16 and what does he learn?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Please explain the difference in mood versus tone. What is the mood and what is the tone in Ringworld and how was this information conveyed to you as the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Going to a brand new place can be a challenge. Explain the challenges that the crew faced in going to Ringworld. How did the crew handle the various challenges they met and how did they handle the stress that they were put under due to these challenges?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the story, we see various individuals fighting for leadership on the mission to Ringworld. What do you think truly makes a person a leader? Who do they believe was the true leader on the mission to Ringworld and why?

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