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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ransom is a professor of:
(a) philology or languages
(b) sociology
(c) astronomy
(d) herbology

2. Why does Ransom think he feels so good?
(a) The food is very good
(b) It is a great adventure he's having
(c) He's still alive even though he's in space
(d) Because the mysteries of space are being revealed to him

3. The character in question #1 meets a woman who is searching for her simple-minded son, whose name is:
(a) Harry
(b) John
(c) George
(d) Jimbo

4. When Ransom explores parts of the space ship, what does he find?
(a) Many animals and insects from earth
(b) Boxes full of dirt
(c) Many empty rooms
(d) Several other human hostages

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ransom hear when he gets into the backyard of the Rise?

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

3. Because the moon looks so strange to Ransom, what does he think?

4. As Ransom loses consciousness what does he sense?

5. What does the woman ask of Ransom?

(see the answer key)

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