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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 the shifting gravity do to the ship?
(a) Makes the ship seem smaller
(b) Makes Ransom feel like his bones are breaking
(c) Makes the men much heavier
(d) Turns walls into floors and floor into ceilings

2. 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) In a prison
(c) At an inn
(d) In a room in one of the towers

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

4. How do the hross view death?
(a) As the end, that there is no life after death
(b) As a wonderful transformation
(c) As a choice to take when ready
(d) With horror and fear

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the center of gravity on the ship as they near the planet?

2. When the ship is landing what is Ransom doing?

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

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

5. What is the first question Oyarsa asks Ransom?

(see the answer key)

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