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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Weston walks into Ransom's room, Weston is:
(a) nude
(b) mean
(c) apologetic
(d) crying

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

3. How does Ransom feel when he finds out he is in space?
(a) Happy
(b) Surprised and shocked.
(c) Excited
(d) Indifferent

4. Rather than it being the moon that Ransom is seeing, Weston tells him that the large orb is:
(a) Jupiter
(b) the earth
(c) a large light bulb
(d) the sun

5. What is an eldil?
(a) A child of the hross born with psychic abilities
(b) A group of hross who live together, like a tribe
(c) A spirit like messenger of Oyarsa
(d) A plant which is the main diet stable of the hross

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Oyarsa?

2. When the center of gravity shifts during approach to Malacandra what to the men do?

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

4. What is an hnakra and its relationship to the hross?

5. What happens to Hyoi as they rest in the boat next to the hnakra's body?

(see the answer key)

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