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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ransom understand because of strange, flickering changes in the light?
(a) That there are many eldil present on the island
(b) That the cities in Malacandra use some sort of artificial lighting
(c) That the sun is about to set
(d) That many things might be invisible to him

2. What is a pfifltriggi carving on one of the stones?
(a) A three dimensional representation of the space ship
(b) Weston and Devine holding a gun
(c) A portrait of Ransom
(d) Hyoi, Whin and Ransom killing the hnakra

3. What was the prophecy Oyarsa alluded to with Ransom?
(a) That Ransom and the narrator would change the future of earth
(b) That Ransom would travel to other planets
(c) That Ransom would become a famous professor
(d) it was about dramatic events taking place in the near future

4. Why is the hnakra beloved by the hross?
(a) The hnakra is the best food the hross can eat
(b) The hross came from the hnakra thousands of years ago
(c) They appreciate the sport of hunting them
(d) The danger of hunting them makes life more vivid and enjoyable

5. What does Hyoi tell Ransom about war between the three races of Malacandra?
(a) That it happens, though not often
(b) He can't imagine why they would ever wage war
(c) That the sorn and the hross have been at war for years
(d) That the sorn and the pfifltriggi are alligned against the hross

6. What is the name of the sorn Ransom meets in the cave?
(a) Nigerin
(b) Hasdor
(c) Tregan
(d) Augray

7. What does Ransom what to prove to the hross during the hnakra hunt?
(a) That they can count on him to do his part in the hunt
(b) That humans can be honorable creatures too
(c) That he is unafraid and used to adventure
(d) That he can hunt as well as them

8. What does the Oyarsa say gives the Malacandrians peace?
(a) That their planet is ruled by the Osarya
(b) That all three races cooperate
(c) That there is no war on Malacandra
(d) The Malacandrians do not fear death

9. Why does Ransom feel relieved when he wakes in Augray's tower?
(a) Because he hasn't seen or heard from Weston or Devine
(b) He met a sorn, the source of much of his fear since landing on Malacandra, and was not afraid
(c) He has eaten and has slept
(d) Because he's not lost, wandering the mountains

10. What feeling is Ransom fighting as he leaves Hyoi's boat?
(a) Laying down and going to sleep
(b) Returning to the hross village instead of going to the mountains
(c) Giving himself up to Weston and Devine
(d) Feeling so desolate over Hyoi's death that he is unable to function

11. How does Weston defend himself?
(a) He tells Oyarsa that Earth civilization is superior to Malacandra's
(b) He says Ransom is a dangerous man and he was trying to capture him
(c) He says he was provoked by the hross
(d) He claims the hross stole from him and threatened him

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

13. Why is Ransom confused as he climbs through the mountain pass?
(a) He can't see anything that might be Augray's Tower
(b) He keeps hearing voices in the wind
(c) Thin air and altitude
(d) The pass has many small paths diverging from it

14. Why have they decided to present the story as fiction?
(a) Because Ransom himself is not sure it really happened
(b) Because publishers won't look at it if they claim it's true
(c) To plant the seed in the minds of its readers of the reality of the forces at work
(d) So that more people will read it

15. Where and with whom does Ransom spend the night on the island?
(a) In a room in one of the towers
(b) In a prison
(c) Ransom sleeps in a guesthouse filled with creatures of all three types of Malacandrian
(d) At an inn

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Augray show Ransom in the observatory?

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

3. What does the Osarya offer Ransom?

4. What happens before Hyoi can turn the boat around and head back?

5. Where can the eldil go?

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