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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hyoi tell Ransom about the eldil?
(a) That they tend to be arrogant and demanding
(b) That they look like fire
(c) That they are shy creatures and come only at Oyarsa's command
(d) That they are hard to see and Ransom might not be able to see them

2. What does Ransom do with his watch?
(a) He winds it because it has stopped
(b) He takes it off and puts it in his pocket
(c) Nothing, he doesn't have a watch
(d) He sets the correct time

3. What is a pfifltriggi carving on one of the stones?
(a) A portrait of Ransom
(b) Hyoi, Whin and Ransom killing the hnakra
(c) Weston and Devine holding a gun
(d) A three dimensional representation of the space ship

4. Besides the three races Ransom has heard about, another race, now extinct, lived on Malacandra. What was it?
(a) A race of giants who lived in the mountains
(b) Intelligent apes
(c) A race of humans
(d) A race of birds once lived on the planet

5. Ransom wakes in a strange room that can be described how?
(a) The table and chairs are built for giants
(b) The walls are covered in fur
(c) There is a smell of roses
(d) One of the walls is warm

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ransom what to prove to the hross during the hnakra hunt?

3. How does Weston defend himself?

4. Because the moon looks so strange to Ransom, what does he think?

5. What is an hnakra and its relationship to the hross?

(see the answer key)

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