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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Osarya prophesied to Ransom?
(a) That Ransom will meet the woman he marries when he returns
(b) That Ransom will become a great world leader on earth
(c) That contact with Thulcandra will be open again soon, and they may meet again one day
(d) That Ransom will live to be 110 years old

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

3. Where can the eldil go?
(a) They can't go anywhere if it's cloudy
(b) They can only go a certain distance from Oyarsa
(c) They cannot go more than a few miles from water
(d) They are able to move through time and space

4. What does Ransom find in the cavern he enters?
(a) Bones of animals
(b) A sorn
(c) A bear like creature, fast asleep
(d) Walls covered in gold

5. What does Augray say about Oyarsa?
(a) No one knows who he/she is
(b) He only came to Malacandra a short time ago
(c) He kills criminals
(d) Oyarsa is eternal, is everywhere, and is invisible, like an eldil

6. What does Augray show Ransom in the observatory?
(a) Weston and Devine
(b) The city where Oyarsa lives
(c) Hyoi's hross village
(d) Earth, Thulcandra, the silent planet

7. What does Hyoi tell Ransom about the eldil?
(a) That they are hard to see and Ransom might not be able to see them
(b) That they look like fire
(c) That they tend to be arrogant and demanding
(d) That they are shy creatures and come only at Oyarsa's command

8. What does the Oyarsa say Weston and Devine must do because of their killing?
(a) That they must work the rest of their lives to support the families of the hross they killed
(b) That they are to be banished in the wilderness of Malacandra
(c) They will be held and brought to trial
(d) They must return to Earth in their space ship the following day

9. Who, besides the three men does Ransom believe is on the ship?
(a) One of the hross have returned with them
(b) One of the sorn have returned with them
(c) Some eldil have returned with them
(d) One of the pfifltriggi have returned with them

10. What does Meldilorn, home of Oyarsa , look like when Ransom first views it?
(a) A city made mostly out of crystals
(b) A city of towers
(c) It is a sloping island in a circular lake
(d) A small village, though larger than Hyoi's village

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

12. 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) Feeling so desolate over Hyoi's death that he is unable to function
(d) Giving himself up to Weston and Devine

13. 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

14. What does the Oyarsa say about Ransom's fear?
(a) That he must not be much of a man if he's frightened
(b) That fear is good and there is reason for it
(c) That it's perfectly normal to feel afraid
(d) Oyarsa tells Ransom that his fear has caused his own troubles and he need not be afraid

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ransom what to prove to the hross during the hnakra hunt?

2. What interrupts Ransom and the Oyarsa's conversation?

3. When no one pays attention to Weston's threats or intimidations, what does he do?

4. How did the narrator learn of the story?

5. What is the name of the sorn Ransom meets in the cave?

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