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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 the three dead hross?
(a) Caskets are brought out to place them in
(b) Pfifltriggi touches each body with a crystal and the bodies disappear in a flash of blinding light
(c) He tells the bearers to return the dead hross to their families
(d) They are laid on a bier and burned

2. From where does the milk for cheese come?
(a) The milk of a yellow grazing animal which young sorns herd in the forests
(b) Goats that roam the mountain
(c) Cows that they keep in the village
(d) A tree which puts out a milk-like substance

3. After Weston and Devine are taken from Oyarsa 's presence what happens to Ransom?
(a) He returns to the place where he spent the night
(b) He returns to Augray's tower
(c) Ransom and Oyarsa spend the day in conversation
(d) He is taken back to the space ship

4. Why doesn't Oyarsa want to kill Weston?
(a) There is no capital punishment on Malacandra
(b) He is reluctant to kill Weston because he is not from Malacandra
(c) He doesn't believe in killing
(d) He hasn't decided if Weston has done enough wrong to merit killing

5. What does the Oyarsa say about Ransom's fear?
(a) Oyarsa tells Ransom that his fear has caused his own troubles and he need not be afraid
(b) That it's perfectly normal to feel afraid
(c) That he must not be much of a man if he's frightened
(d) That fear is good and there is reason for it

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hyoi tell Ransom about war between the three races of Malacandra?

2. Where does Ransom and Augray spend the night?

3. What does Ransom see before he sees the sorn?

4. When an eldil comes to Hyoi's boat what does he tell the hross?

5. How does Ransom feel after he helps kill the hnakra?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who comes to Hyoi and Ransom as they move on the water searching for the hnakra? What does he have to say?

2. What happens with the three dead hross?

3. Who is brought in front of Oyarsa and what happens?

4. How does the Osarya repond to Weston's speech?

5. What does Ransom do on the space ship during the return trip to earth?

6. How does Ransom feel about going with Hyoi on the hunt for the hnakra? What does he want to prove?

7. Why have Weston and Devine brought Ransom to Malacandra?

8. Explain the history of earth (Thulcandra) and its relationship to Malacandra.

9. What does the sorn and Ransom do when Ransom enters the cave?

10. What is the narrator's purpose in writing this story?

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