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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. When the ship lands what does Ransom think about space?
(a) It is good to get out of space
(b) Space is alive and vibrant
(c) That it is lonely in space
(d) That space is dead and lifeless

2. What happens to the center of gravity on the ship as they near the planet?
(a) It becomes haywire moving all over the ship
(b) It shifts from the center to the side closest to the planet
(c) Nothing happens to it
(d) It turns off

3. The second man, who is an accomplice to the man in question #4 and who is a physicist.
(a) Jack
(b) William
(c) Weston
(d) Wally

4. After Devine questions Ransom, what does he learn?
(a) Ransom quit his job at Cambridge
(b) Ransom lives down the street from the Rise
(c) Ransom plans to retire and write a book on Swahili
(d) Ransom is on a walking tour, of which no one knows

5. What are the first type of creatures Ransom sees as he wanders the forest?
(a) A bird resembling a robin
(b) He doesn't see anything alive other than himself
(c) Giraffe like animals eating off the tops of trees
(d) A creature that looks much like a squirrel

Short Answer Questions

1. When the ship enters Malacandra's orbit how does Ransom feel upon wakening?

2. Where does Ransom run as he's getting away?

3. What does he see in his imagination?

4. Ransom's dream mentioned in question #16 foreshadows:

5. Who is Oyarsa?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Write about Ransom's feelings upon entering the atmosphere of Malacandra.

4. How does Ransom feel about the conversation?

5. What does Weston say to Ransom when he asked how the ship worked?

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

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

8. Describe the ship as Ransom sees it.

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

10. 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?

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