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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ransom do when he finally stops for a moment?
(a) Picks up some berries that might be edible
(b) Sits down and begins to cry
(c) Sits down beside a stream of warm water
(d) Ptrips off his shirt and pants and bathes in a stream

2. 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

3. What does Ransom pilfer from the galley?
(a) A cup and saucer
(b) A knife
(c) Seven days rations
(d) A frying pan

4. What do the creatures do?
(a) Jump up and down trying to reach the men
(b) Begin singing and dancing
(c) Bare their teeth and growl
(d) They show Weston and Devine through a door in the wall

5. Rather than it being the moon that Ransom is seeing, Weston tells him that the large orb is:
(a) Jupiter
(b) the sun
(c) the earth
(d) a large light bulb

Short Answer Questions

1. The humming noise Ransom hears makes him believe he is:

2. What happens when Weston takes Ransom and leads him to breakfast?

3. Where does Ransom run as he's getting away?

4. What does Harry do at the Rise?

5. Why does Ransom think about suicide?

(see the answer key)

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