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

2. What does the sorn look like?
(a) Elongated features, small eyes and is covered with a light-colored feathery coat
(b) Heavy, with three arms and blue eyes
(c) A human male
(d) Very short, like a dwarf with a large, thick nose

3. What does the Oyarsa asks Ransom?
(a) Oyarsa asks Ransom if he saw them kill Hyoi
(b) Oyarsa asks Ransom if the men are mentally deranged
(c) Oyarsa asks Ransom if he wants them punished
(d) Oyarsa asks Ransom if they are criminals back on earth

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) The hnakra attacks and they kill it
(c) Ransom gets seasick and loses his breakfast
(d) A large wave swamps the boat and they have to swim for shore

5. What does the Oyarsa say Weston and Devine must do because of their killing?
(a) That they must work the rest of their lives to support the families of the hross they killed
(b) That they are to be banished in the wilderness of Malacandra
(c) They must return to Earth in their space ship the following day
(d) They will be held and brought to trial

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ransom feel relieved when he wakes in Augray's tower?

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

3. What is the first question Oyarsa asks Ransom?

4. What about earth amazes the sorns the most?

5. How often do the hross marry?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the hross' relationship with the hnakra.

4. What does Ransom do and what does he see after they land on earth?

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

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

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

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

9. What does the hross have to say about war on Malacandra?

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

(see the answer keys)

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