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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The shape of the ship, as Weston explains, is:
(a) a sphere
(b) square
(c) hexangonal
(d) cylindrical

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

3. When Ransom glances at the walls how do they appear?
(a) To converge in a peak in the center of the room
(b) To be circular
(c) To be sloping outward
(d) To not quite meet the floor

4. How does Ransom escape from the water?
(a) the sorns throw rocks at Weston and Devine and Ransom runs away
(b) the black creature pulls Devine under and Weston is distracted shooting at the animal
(c) the black creature manages to grab both Weston and Devine
(d) Devine can't swim and Weston takes his gun off Ransom while rescuing Devine

5. When Ransom asks why he is kidnapped, Weston tells him that:
(a) Ransom's knowledge of astronomy is needed
(b) Weston is only following orders and does not know why
(c) Ransom was the most outstanding example of humanity
(d) Ransom was to be used for space experiments

Short Answer Questions

1. When Weston walks into Ransom's room, Weston is:

2. What happens to the temperature of the ship as they enter the gravity of Malacandra?

3. How does Ransom feel when Weston and Devine open the manhole?

4. Weston replies to Ransom's questions by telling him not to talk too much in order to:

5. Devine leaves Ransom supposedly to go into the kitchen to get what?

(see the answer key)

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