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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who surrounds Ransom as they walk into the hross's home village?
(a) Armed hross who take him to a prison
(b) Small, furry animals who remind Ransom of dogs
(c) The women of the hross
(d) Hross children and other adult hross

3. As they land, what does Random come to believe about planets?
(a) They all have human life
(b) That they are alive and welcoming
(c) That planets are dull, lifeless islands in space
(d) That they are accidents of the cosmos

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the sky on Malacandra look like when they embark?

2. What does Ransom's thoughts about space foreshadow?

3. How does Ransom escape from the water?

4. Ransom is a professor of:

5. What does Ransom do first after he arrives at the village?

(see the answer key)

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