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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What wakes up Ransom?
(a) An animal running through the forest
(b) Extreme thrist
(c) Weston and Devine shaking him
(d) Gunshots

2. When an eldil comes to Hyoi's boat what does he tell the hross?
(a) That humans are not allowed to hunt hnakra
(b) That Ransom shouldn't be there, but should be on his way to see Oyarsa
(c) That Ransom is in league with Weston and Devine
(d) That Hyoi must allow Ransom to kill the hnakra to prove himself

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

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

5. What does Ransom notice about the room in which he wakes?
(a) It is icy cold
(b) It is painted blue with white stripes
(c) The room is oddly shaped and seems to continuously change proportions
(d) It is so small he can't stand up all the way

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides the three races Ransom has heard about, another race, now extinct, lived on Malacandra. What was it?

2. How does the water feel to Ransom as he runs through it?

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

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

5. What does Ransom think the empty rooms are for?

(see the answer key)

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