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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ransom contemplate at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) The amazement of landing on another planet
(b) The nature of his fear and confronting the unknown
(c) Whether summer has started on earth
(d) If Harry's mother will report him missing

2. What does Hyoi tell Ransom about war between the three races of Malacandra?
(a) That the sorn and the hross have been at war for years
(b) That the sorn and the pfifltriggi are alligned against the hross
(c) That it happens, though not often
(d) He can't imagine why they would ever wage war

3. What is the first question Oyarsa asks Ransom?
(a) Oyarsa asks Ransom why he has come to Malacandra
(b) Oyarsa asks Ransom what he is afraid of?
(c) Oyarsa asks Ransom where Weston and Devine are
(d) Oyarsa asks Ransom where he came from

4. Who was Hyoi talking to the day he and Ransom met?
(a) The Osarya
(b) Himself
(c) His son
(d) One of the eldil

5. When the ship enters Malacandra's orbit how does Ransom feel upon wakening?
(a) That his death is imminent
(b) As if life has completely changed for him
(c) His fear becomes almost invigorating to him
(d) Disoriented and groggy

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Ransom kidnapped, according to the Oyarsa?

2. What happens to the temperature of the ship as they enter the gravity of Malacandra?

3. What does the shifting gravity do to the ship?

4. How do the hross view death?

5. Ransom contemplates what he has learned from Weston and realizes he's ready to face what?

(see the answer key)

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