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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the sky on Malacandra look like when they embark?
(a) Gray and cloudy
(b) Black; it is night
(c) Has a green tint and yellow clouds
(d) Pale blue with distant pink clouds

2. What does Oyarsa say the "bent one" on earth has done?
(a) Created racism
(b) Turned the earth into a polluted mess
(c) Made men afraid of death
(d) Urged humans to fight among themselves

3. How does Devine control Ransom when they leave the ship?
(a) Drugs him so that he is able to walk but only slowly
(b) Threatens to leave him there with no hope of returning to earth
(c) He holds a revolver on him
(d) Handcuffs him

4. What does Augray say about Oyarsa?
(a) Oyarsa is eternal, is everywhere, and is invisible, like an eldil
(b) He only came to Malacandra a short time ago
(c) He kills criminals
(d) No one knows who he/she is

5. How does Augray take Ransom to see Oyarsa ?
(a) They ride an animal from the herd
(b) Ransom rides on Augray's shoulder
(c) He has a large, bird-like creature fly them
(d) They walk there together

Short Answer Questions

1. Where and with whom does Ransom spend the night on the island?

2. The view outside the window is:

3. What does the Oyarsa say gives the Malacandrians peace?

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

5. How often do the hross marry?

(see the answer key)

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