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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the center of gravity on the ship as they near the planet?
(a) It turns off
(b) It shifts from the center to the side closest to the planet
(c) Nothing happens to it
(d) It becomes haywire moving all over the ship

2. When the center of gravity shifts during approach to Malacandra what to the men do?
(a) Start tumbling uncontrollably
(b) Begin to climb the wall
(c) Grab onto a handhold and stay in one place
(d) Begin moving objects around to account for a new floor

3. What are the walls made of?
(a) cloth
(b) plastic
(c) wood
(d) metal

4. Who are the pfifltriggi?
(a) Another race of people on the planet
(b) The council of elders under Oyarsa
(c) Small, dwarf like humanoid creatures who live on the ocean
(d) The slaves of the hross

5. The humming noise Ransom hears makes him believe he is:
(a) hearing a chorus of angels in the distance
(b) must be suffering from the drug's aftereffects
(c) in some sort of airship
(d) hearing a refridgerator running

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ransom do when he sits down for a moment to rest?

2. Why does Ransom becomes depressed as they enter Malacandra's atmosphere?

3. Rather than it being the moon that Ransom is seeing, Weston tells him that the large orb is:

4. When Weston walks into Ransom's room, Weston is:

5. What does Ransom do after Hyoi dies?

(see the answer key)

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