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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. Ransom's new vitality is:
(a) because Devine has given him daily doses of concentrated vitamins
(b) due to being so near the sun's rays
(c) because of his elation at finally being in space
(d) because of the healthy food

2. How does Devine control Ransom when they leave the ship?
(a) Threatens to leave him there with no hope of returning to earth
(b) Drugs him so that he is able to walk but only slowly
(c) Handcuffs him
(d) He holds a revolver on him

3. What does Ransom do with the Hross?
(a) Accepts an invitation to his home and gets in a boat with him
(b) Asks him where the biggest city is and starts off in that direction
(c) Offers him his watch as a token of friendship
(d) Hits him over the head and runs

4. The shape of the ship, as Weston explains, is:
(a) hexangonal
(b) a sphere
(c) cylindrical
(d) square

5. To whom do Devine and Ransom plan to deliver Ransom?
(a) An evil wizard
(b) The king of the planet
(c) The elidil
(d) A sorn

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ransom approaches a small cottage looking for a possible place to spend the night, who does he meet?

2. At the location in question #3, Ransom meets a former schoolmate whose name is:

3. When Ransom asks why he is kidnapped, Weston tells him that:

4. As Ransom loses consciousness what does he sense?

5. What does Ransom think might be happening?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the room where Ransom wakes after being knocked out at the Rise, the house where he met Weston and Devine.

2. What does Ransom's dream foretell?

3. Describe the three characters who have been introduced in this chapter.

4. Describe the delusion Ransom is experiencing in the forest.

5. Once Ransom settles into the routine of space travel how does he feel?

6. Describe the ship as Ransom sees it.

7. How does Ransom figure out they are in space?

8. Describe the scene of Ransom meeting his first hross.

9. When Ransom describes being from another planet, what surprises him about the hross?

10. In Chapter six the ship begins to approach Malacandra. What happens to the inside of the ship as they come onto the planet?

(see the answer keys)

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