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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ransom talking to near the end of the chapter?
(a) Himself
(b) Some fish he sees swimming in the stream
(c) His father
(d) The tree he's leaning against

2. Who are the pfifltriggi?
(a) The slaves of the hross
(b) The council of elders under Oyarsa
(c) Another race of people on the planet
(d) Small, dwarf like humanoid creatures who live on the ocean

3. What does Ransom think the empty rooms are for?
(a) To bring creatures back from the planet
(b) They couldn't fill them or it would be too heavy
(c) He supposes they are meant to carry some cargo back to Earth
(d) So eventually they can take passengers for pay

4. What does Ransom think when the woman tells him about the Rise?
(a) They might be willing to give him a place to stay for the night..
(b) He wonders if he has already walked past it.
(c) He wonders what two professors are doing out in the country.
(d) He thinks that is no place for a boy to work.

5. When Weston confirms that Ransom is on a spaceship, Ransom is overcome with:
(a) anger
(b) elation
(c) fear
(d) forboding

Short Answer Questions

1. The effect of weightlessness is countered by:

2. When the center of gravity shifts during approach to Malacandra what to the men do?

3. Why does Ransom becomes depressed as they enter Malacandra's atmosphere?

4. When he closely examines the walls how do they appear?

5. What are the walls made of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the house where Ransom finds Harry and meets Weston and Devine.

2. What kind of information do Weston and Devine seek from Ransom when he first meets them in chapter one?

3. How does Devine manage to drug Ransom's drink?

4. What is Ransom thinking about as the ship prepares to land?

5. In Chapter seven Ransom gets his first look at some of the inhabitants of the planet. How do they look to him and of what do they remind him?

6. What does Ransom see when the hross and him reach their destination? What does Ransom do?

7. What does the hross do after Ransom eats some of his food?

8. Describe Weston's attitude toward Devine. Tell why you think Weston and Devine are or are not friends.

9. Summarize the events that take place in Chapter 6.

10. Why do you think there is so much description in this chapter, and in the entire book?

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