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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. What happens to Ransom on the boat?
(a) He falls asleep
(b) He falls out
(c) The ride is so rough that Ransom vomits
(d) He helps the hross by steering

2. What wakes up Ransom?
(a) Weston and Devine shaking him
(b) An animal running through the forest
(c) Extreme thrist
(d) Gunshots

3. When Ransom comes to from being drugged, he tries to escape but is unable because:
(a) he is knocked out from behind
(b) he can't find his shoes
(c) he is chained to the wall
(d) there is no door in the room he is in

4. What does Ransom notice about the room in which he wakes?
(a) It is so small he can't stand up all the way
(b) It is icy cold
(c) It is painted blue with white stripes
(d) The room is oddly shaped and seems to continuously change proportions

5. The humming noise Ransom hears makes him believe he is:
(a) hearing a chorus of angels in the distance
(b) in some sort of airship
(c) must be suffering from the drug's aftereffects
(d) hearing a refridgerator running

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ransom's thoughts about space foreshadow?

2. Because of the point of view of the story, the reader knows:

3. What does Ransom see among the trees?

4. As Ransom loses consciousness what does he sense?

5. Who is Oyarsa?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Ransom see as he's running away from his captors?

3. What does Ransom's dream foretell?

4. Give a general description about the planet's inhabitants and their government.

5. Ransom thinks a lot about his situation and comes up with an explanation of why he feels so good. Weston has his own explanation. What are the two men's explanations?

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

7. How does Ransom escape and where does he go?

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

9. How does Ransom feel when he finds out he's been kidnapped and is in space?

10. What do Weston and Devine demand of Ransom?

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