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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. Why have they decided to present the story as fiction?
(a) Because publishers won't look at it if they claim it's true
(b) Because Ransom himself is not sure it really happened
(c) To plant the seed in the minds of its readers of the reality of the forces at work
(d) So that more people will read it

2. What does Ransom imagine Oyarsa to be?
(a) A human
(b) A judge who will punish him for Hyoi's death
(c) A mixture of all three races on Malacandra
(d) A sorn or a God

3. Why is the hnakra beloved by the hross?
(a) They appreciate the sport of hunting them
(b) The hross came from the hnakra thousands of years ago
(c) The danger of hunting them makes life more vivid and enjoyable
(d) The hnakra is the best food the hross can eat

4. What happens before Hyoi can turn the boat around and head back?
(a) Hyoi falls out of the boat and is killed by the hnakra
(b) A large wave swamps the boat and they have to swim for shore
(c) Ransom gets seasick and loses his breakfast
(d) The hnakra attacks and they kill it

5. What does Ransom what to prove to the hross during the hnakra hunt?
(a) That they can count on him to do his part in the hunt
(b) That he can hunt as well as them
(c) That humans can be honorable creatures too
(d) That he is unafraid and used to adventure

Short Answer Questions

1. What feeling is Ransom fighting as he leaves Hyoi's boat?

2. Where can the eldil go?

3. What did the Osarya prophesied to Ransom?

4. What happens to the ship after they land?

5. What does the sorn look like?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Augray, the sorn, and Ransom talk about while eating?

4. Describe a parallel between Ransom leaving to go to the mountains and the beginning of the book.

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

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

7. Who begins speaking in Chapter 22? How did he learn of Ransom?

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

9. Describe the hross' relationship with the hnakra.

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

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