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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the center of gravity on the ship as they near the planet?
(a) It becomes haywire moving all over the ship
(b) Nothing happens to it
(c) It shifts from the center to the side closest to the planet
(d) It turns off

2. Because of the point of view of the story, the reader knows:
(a) that Ransom is on his way to Malacandra
(b) only what Ransom knows
(c) that Weston thinks Ransom is highly intelligent
(d) that Ransom is about to be sacrificed to the sun god

3. What happens when the three men enter the water to join the sorns on the other shore?
(a) Devine falls in a deep part and starts to drown
(b) Weston pushes Ransom, who trips and becomes totally soaked
(c) A large, black creature attacks them
(d) Ransom is able to grab the gun from Weston

4. Why does Ransom becomes depressed as they enter Malacandra's atmosphere?
(a) He finally believes he'll never see earth again
(b) He believes that his possible death is nearer
(c) The light dims and the darker atmosphere depresses him
(d) He feels powerless to help himself

5. The view outside the window is:
(a) a beautiful waterfall
(b) a forest that he doesn't recognize
(c) of stars and what may be the moon
(d) a meadow full of cows

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Ransom kidnapped, according to the Oyarsa?

2. What does the shifting gravity do to the ship?

3. How do the hross view death?

4. What does the sorn look like?

5. What bothers Ransom about describing earth to the hross?

(see the answer key)

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