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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do the hross view death?
(a) As a choice to take when ready
(b) As the end, that there is no life after death
(c) As a wonderful transformation
(d) With horror and fear

3. What is the first question Oyarsa asks Ransom?
(a) Oyarsa asks Ransom what he is afraid of?
(b) Oyarsa asks Ransom where Weston and Devine are
(c) Oyarsa asks Ransom where he came from
(d) Oyarsa asks Ransom why he has come to Malacandra

4. What does Oyarsa say of the history of earth?
(a) That earth and Malacandra used to share a religion
(b) That earth lost its Oyarsa because humans were bad
(c) Thulcandra once had an Oyarsa, but he turned bad. He devastated the Earth's moon and brought extinction to the creatures of Malacandra
(d) That earth was dying and so their Oyarsa left

5. From where does the milk for cheese come?
(a) Goats that roam the mountain
(b) The milk of a yellow grazing animal which young sorns herd in the forests
(c) A tree which puts out a milk-like substance
(d) Cows that they keep in the village

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

7. How does Augray take Ransom to see Oyarsa ?
(a) Ransom rides on Augray's shoulder
(b) They ride an animal from the herd
(c) He has a large, bird-like creature fly them
(d) They walk there together

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

9. How did the narrator learn of the story?
(a) He was there when the space ship landed
(b) He ran into Weston and Weston told him
(c) He was an old friend of Ransom's
(d) From Ransom after writing him a letter asking about a Latin word

10. What does the Oyarsa asks Ransom?
(a) Oyarsa asks Ransom if they are criminals back on earth
(b) Oyarsa asks Ransom if he wants them punished
(c) Oyarsa asks Ransom if the men are mentally deranged
(d) Oyarsa asks Ransom if he saw them kill Hyoi

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

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

13. How does Ransom feel as Oyarsa approaches?
(a) His fingers begin to tingle and he feels weak
(b) Dizzy and unstable
(c) Calm and peaceful
(d) Happy and energetic

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

15. 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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Meldilorn, home of Oyarsa , look like when Ransom first views it?

3. What feeling is Ransom fighting as he leaves Hyoi's boat?

4. What do Ransom and the narrator want to do with the prophecy?

5. What does Ransom see before he sees the sorn?

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