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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Ransom approaches a small cottage looking for a possible place to spend the night, who does he meet?
(a) Harry's brother
(b) A farmer
(c) Harry's mother
(d) A colleague from his university

3. What does Ransom overhear Devine and Weston discussing?
(a) Something called a sorn
(b) How many days air they have left
(c) How many space suits are available
(d) How they plan to award Ransom great wealth after this trip

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

5. Ransom's dream mentioned in question #16 foreshadows:
(a) his death at an early age
(b) his eventual trip to Malacandra
(c) his becoming addicted to the drugs Devine gives him
(d) his desire to meet men from Mars

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Devine think the sorn plan to do with Ransom?

2. To whom do Devine and Ransom plan to deliver Ransom?

3. The character in question #1 meets a woman who is searching for her simple-minded son, whose name is:

4. What is on the other side of the wall?

5. Ransom plans to use the pilfered object(s) to:

(see the answer key)

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