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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 does Devine actually go into the kitchen to do?
(a) see if there's anything in the fridge for dinner
(b) drug Ransom's drink
(c) wash the dishes
(d) turn on the coffe pot

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

3. When Ransom asks why he is kidnapped, Weston tells him that:
(a) Ransom's knowledge of astronomy is needed
(b) Ransom was to be used for space experiments
(c) Ransom was the most outstanding example of humanity
(d) Weston is only following orders and does not know why

4. What does Devine think the sorn plan to do with Ransom?
(a) Eat him for dinner
(b) Show him around the planet
(c) Make a slave of him
(d) He speculates that the sorn may intend to sacrifice Ransom in some kind of ritual

5. What does Ransom do when he sits down for a moment to rest?
(a) He relaxes and quickly falls asleep
(b) He pulls out his knife and digs in the soil
(c) He hides behind a large tree
(d) He takes a drink of water

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ransom talking to near the end of the chapter?

2. What does the shifting gravity do to the ship?

3. Weston replies to Ransom's questions by telling him not to talk too much in order to:

4. Ransom's new vitality is:

5. To whom do Devine and Ransom plan to deliver Ransom?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the ship as Ransom sees it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the dream Ransom had when Weston drugged his drink.

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