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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ransom hear when he regains consciousness?
(a) The breaking of waves on the ocean beach
(b) Weston and Devine discussing preparations for a trip
(c) Plates being set on the table
(d) Weston talking to Harry's mother

2. How does Ransom feel after he helps kill the hnakra?
(a) Like a child followng a parent on his first hunting trip
(b) Sick to his stomach
(c) Like he's a real warrior now
(d) Like he has finally grown up

3. What does Ransom's thoughts about space foreshadow?
(a) The actual account of the solar system he will learn on Malacandra
(b) The dark place where he will be taken
(c) The fact that he will travel in space again very soon
(d) The light of the religion on Malacandra

4. What does Ransom do after Hyoi dies?
(a) He apologizes to the other hross and weeps
(b) He leaves the boat and runs away
(c) He sets off for the mountains to go to Osaya
(d) He finds Weston and kills him

5. What happens to Hyoi as they rest in the boat next to the hnakra's body?
(a) He falls out of the boat on top of the hnakra and they laugh
(b) He is shot by Weston and Devine and dies
(c) All the other hross come and pay him homage
(d) A water snake wraps around his ankle and bites him

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ransom eat so much food when they have a meal after landing?

2. What does the hross tell Ransom to do when they arrive on the island?

3. When Ransom looks around after landing he notices the ship is sitting on:

4. Why was Ransom kidnapped, according to the Oyarsa?

5. Because of the point of view of the story, the reader knows:

(see the answer key)

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