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

2. Why was Ransom kidnapped, according to the Oyarsa?
(a) Weston and Devine were told they would be killed if they didn't bring him
(b) Oyarsa told the sorns to tell the men that unless they brought a person from Thulcandra to him, they could take no more gold
(c) Weston and Devine thought the sorn would leave them alone if they brought a human sacrifice
(d) Weston and Devine hoped to trade him for gold and power

3. Where and with whom does Ransom spend the night on the island?
(a) At an inn
(b) Ransom sleeps in a guesthouse filled with creatures of all three types of Malacandrian
(c) In a room in one of the towers
(d) In a prison

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As they land, what does Random come to believe about planets?

2. How do the hross view death?

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

4. How often do the hross marry?

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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