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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens before Hyoi can turn the boat around and head back?
(a) Ransom gets seasick and loses his breakfast
(b) A large wave swamps the boat and they have to swim for shore
(c) Hyoi falls out of the boat and is killed by the hnakra
(d) The hnakra attacks and they kill it

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

3. What does Ransom do when he sits down for a moment to rest?
(a) He pulls out his knife and digs in the soil
(b) He hides behind a large tree
(c) He relaxes and quickly falls asleep
(d) He takes a drink of water

4. Because the moon looks so strange to Ransom, what does he think?
(a) He wonders if the drug he was given in his drink has affected his vision
(b) He thinks Weston must have hypnotized him
(c) He thinks he's asleep and dreaming
(d) He thinks it must be a harvest moon

5. The humming noise Ransom hears makes him believe he is:
(a) must be suffering from the drug's aftereffects
(b) hearing a refridgerator running
(c) in some sort of airship
(d) hearing a chorus of angels in the distance

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Ransom becomes depressed as they enter Malacandra's atmosphere?

4. When an eldil comes to Hyoi's boat what does he tell the hross?

5. The view outside the window is:

(see the answer key)

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