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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the temperature of the ship as they enter the gravity of Malacandra?
(a) It becomes hotter
(b) The temperature drops
(c) The temperature changes intemittently from hot to cold
(d) The temperature stays the same

2. When the ship lands what does Ransom think about space?
(a) It is good to get out of space
(b) Space is alive and vibrant
(c) That it is lonely in space
(d) That space is dead and lifeless

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

4. How does Ransom feel as Oyarsa approaches?
(a) Happy and energetic
(b) Dizzy and unstable
(c) His fingers begin to tingle and he feels weak
(d) Calm and peaceful

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hyoi tell Ransom about the eldil?

2. What does Ransom's thoughts about space foreshadow?

3. What does Oyarsa say of the history of earth?

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

5. Why is the hnakra beloved by the hross?

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