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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. How is thunder described?
(a) As the laugh of heaven.
(b) As the roar of heaven.
(c) As anger.
(d) As temper.

2. How long is the biggest of the silver fish?
(a) 9 feet.
(b) 8 feet.
(c) 10 feet.
(d) 7 feet.

3. In Chapter 2, what do the narrator and Ransom eat for supper?
(a) Fish and chips.
(b) Toast and kippers.
(c) Sandwich, tea, and cookie.
(d) Cold meat, beer, and tea.

4. What does the Green Lady say when Ransom asks if he can swim over?
(a) She nods and says "yes."
(b) She says, “maybe tomorrow.”
(c) She repeats the word “peace.”
(d) She says, “no.”

5. During what Earth period might the language of Surnibur have developed?
(a) Jurassic.
(b) Ordovician.
(c) Triassic.
(d) Cambrian.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the night that Ransom rides the silver fish, what color luminosity can he see in the sea?

2. What is Ransom doing when the Green Lady comments on his facial expression?

3. In Chapter 4, what color leaves does a fruit tree have?

4. How many times does it take Ransom to be able to stand on a ridge and wave at a person on another island?

5. What emotion does Random feel when it begins raining?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Green Lady name Ransom after?

2. What happens when Weston states that he calls the Force into himself completely?

3. What does Ransom see when he wakes in Chapter 4?

4. How do Ransom and the Green Lady get to the Fixed Land?

5. What supplies has Weston brought?

6. Why does Lewis struggle so when he walks to Ransom’s home?

7. Just before twilight, what does Ransom see?

8. How does Ransom make friends with the dragon?

9. Describe the thunderstorm.

10. Why is the narrator going to see his friend Ransom?

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