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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 the ship run on, as explained by Weston?
(a) hydrogen
(b) solar radiation
(c) nuclear power
(d) geothermal energy

2. The effect of weightlessness is countered by:
(a) an ionic deconverter
(b) pressurization
(c) a weight belt
(d) magnetic boots

3. Ransom wakes in a strange room that can be described how?
(a) The table and chairs are built for giants
(b) The walls are covered in fur
(c) There is a smell of roses
(d) One of the walls is warm

4. How does he deal with his thirst?
(a) He chews some of the berries
(b) He drinks from the stream
(c) He ignores it
(d) He dips his shirt in the stream and dribbles a small amount of water in his mouth

5. Weston replies to Ransom's questions by telling him not to talk too much in order to:
(a) keep from getting laryngitis
(b) eat his ham and eggs
(c) conserve air
(d) listen the the hum of the engine

Short Answer Questions

1. How does most things on the planet appear to Ransom?

2. What does Ransom hear when he regains consciousness?

3. What happens to Ransom on the boat?

4. What happens when Weston takes Ransom and leads him to breakfast?

5. What does Weston and Devine do when they finish eating?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the ship as Ransom sees it.

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

4. What do Weston and Devine demand of Ransom?

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

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

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

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

9. Ransom overhears a conversation between Weston and Devine about what they plan to do with him. What was the plan?

10. What does Ransom hear in the room and what does he decide?

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