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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 turns off
(b) Nothing happens to it
(c) It shifts from the center to the side closest to the planet
(d) It becomes haywire moving all over the ship

2. Why does Ransom becomes depressed as they enter Malacandra's atmosphere?
(a) He finally believes he'll never see earth again
(b) The light dims and the darker atmosphere depresses him
(c) He feels powerless to help himself
(d) He believes that his possible death is nearer

3. When the ship is landing what is Ransom doing?
(a) Wondering where they are
(b) He is deeply engaged in thought
(c) Thinking about escape
(d) Trying to find something heavy to hit Weston over the head with

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ransom contemplate at the beginning of Chapter 6?

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

3. What does Hyoi tell Ransom about the eldil?

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

5. When the ship lands what does Ransom think about space?

(see the answer key)

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