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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 Augray say about Oyarsa?
(a) Oyarsa is eternal, is everywhere, and is invisible, like an eldil
(b) He kills criminals
(c) No one knows who he/she is
(d) He only came to Malacandra a short time ago

2. Why is Ransom confused as he climbs through the mountain pass?
(a) Thin air and altitude
(b) The pass has many small paths diverging from it
(c) He keeps hearing voices in the wind
(d) He can't see anything that might be Augray's Tower

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 hnakra is the best food the hross can eat
(d) The danger of hunting them makes life more vivid and enjoyable

4. How does Ransom feel after he helps kill the hnakra?
(a) Like he has finally grown up
(b) Sick to his stomach
(c) Like he's a real warrior now
(d) Like a child followng a parent on his first hunting trip

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Weston defend himself?

2. What does the hross tell Ransom to do when they arrive on the island?

3. What does Hyoi tell Ransom about the eldil?

4. What happens to the three dead hross?

5. What is the first question Oyarsa asks Ransom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Ransom find as he climbs the mountain pass? Describe the scene.

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

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

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

7. What does Ransom tell the sorn about earth and what do the sorn think?

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

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

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

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