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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Hyoi must allow Ransom to kill the hnakra to prove himself
(d) That Ransom is in league with Weston and Devine

2. What does the Osarya offer Ransom?
(a) Psychic ability similar to the eldil
(b) The opportunity to stay on Malacandra
(c) A new name
(d) All the gold he can put into one of the empty rooms on the ship

3. After Weston and Devine are taken from Oyarsa 's presence what happens to Ransom?
(a) He returns to Augray's tower
(b) He returns to the place where he spent the night
(c) He is taken back to the space ship
(d) Ransom and Oyarsa spend the day in conversation

4. What subjects about earth interest the sorns?
(a) They want to know what kind of food we grow
(b) They want to know about the different types of animals
(c) They question Ransom at great length about the Earth and its geology, life forms, politics and history
(d) They as about computers and electricity

5. What does the hross tell Ransom to do when they arrive on the island?
(a) To report to the central building
(b) He may wander about as he wishes and will be called by Oyarsa when it is time
(c) To stay on the beach until someone comes for him
(d) He points to a bench and tells Ransom to sit down

6. Who takes over the telling of the story in Chapter 22?
(a) The narrator
(b) The Osarya of Malacandra
(c) One of the eldil
(d) Weston

7. Why doesn't Oyarsa want to kill Weston?
(a) He hasn't decided if Weston has done enough wrong to merit killing
(b) There is no capital punishment on Malacandra
(c) He doesn't believe in killing
(d) He is reluctant to kill Weston because he is not from Malacandra

8. What does the sorn look like?
(a) A human male
(b) Very short, like a dwarf with a large, thick nose
(c) Elongated features, small eyes and is covered with a light-colored feathery coat
(d) Heavy, with three arms and blue eyes

9. When no one pays attention to Weston's threats or intimidations, what does he do?
(a) Offers Devine as the guilty party
(b) Shoots the hross cloest to him
(c) Faints
(d) Pulls out a string of cheap beads, offering to trade

10. What do the stone monuments show Ransom?
(a) All sorts of animals, some he's seen, some he hasn't
(b) The faces of Oyarsa.
(c) The three races of Malacandra working together
(d) The monuments are carved with images depicting the creation of Malacandra

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

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

13. What does Ransom imagine Oyarsa to be?
(a) A sorn or a God
(b) A mixture of all three races on Malacandra
(c) A human
(d) A judge who will punish him for Hyoi's death

14. What does the Oyarsa order when it's obvious Weston is not going to believe in his existence?
(a) Oyarsa orders Weston to be taken away to have his head dunked in cold water
(b) He orders him to be put in chains
(c) He orders him to kneel
(d) He orders him off the island

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do the hross view death?

3. What does the Oyarsa say gives the Malacandrians peace?

4. What does Hyoi tell Ransom about war between the three races of Malacandra?

5. When Weston talks of humanity, what does the Oyarsa do?

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