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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many languages are on Mars?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

2. Where does the narrator leave the railway station?
(a) Trowbridge.
(b) Worchester.
(c) Bath.
(d) Banbury.

3. How long does it take to carry Weston’s belongings to shore and set up camp?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) Half of an hour.
(c) 40 minutes.
(d) Quarter of an hour.

4. What does Ransom do with Weston’s revolver?
(a) Take a stone and damages it.
(b) Buries it.
(c) Shoots it.
(d) Throws it into the sea.

5. What color berries does Ransom eat in Chapter 4?
(a) Green.
(b) Orange.
(c) Purple.
(d) Blue.

6. What word does the narrator use to describe the emotion he is feeling as he walks toward Ransom’s cottage?
(a) Boredom.
(b) Distaste.
(c) Fear.
(d) Embarrassment.

7. How does Ransom bring light to the room in Chapter 2?
(a) Turns up the gas lights.
(b) Lights a match.
(c) Lights a candle.
(d) Flips a switch.

8. What emotion does Ransom feel as he and Weston talk about “Force”?
(a) Frustration.
(b) Disgust.
(c) Anger.
(d) Fear.

9. What does the Green Lady say when Ransom asks if he can swim over?
(a) She nods and says "yes."
(b) She says, “no.”
(c) She repeats the word “peace.”
(d) She says, “maybe tomorrow.”

10. Who was Ransom’s chief captor when he was kidnapped and taken to Mars?
(a) Martin.
(b) Weston.
(c) Bridger.
(d) Phillips.

11. What color darkness comes along with a marked drop in temperature when Random assumes a horizontal position as he approaches the surface of Venus?
(a) Black.
(b) Green.
(c) Brown.
(d) Gray.

12. Where is Ransom going to be traveling?
(a) Prinscambia.
(b) Paraguay.
(c) Perelandra.
(d) Princeton.

13. How fast does Random rush to what seems to be a valley on Venus?
(a) 10 mph.
(b) About 30 mph.
(c) Around 25 mph.
(d) 5 mph.

14. How long does Ransom ride one of the silver fish in Chapter 8 before night falls?
(a) 90 minutes.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) More than an hour.
(d) 180 minutes.

15. Instead of sky, what color dome does Random see?
(a) Bronze.
(b) Silver.
(c) Gold.
(d) Copper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ransom doing when the Green Lady comments on his facial expression?

2. During the night that Ransom rides the silver fish, what color luminosity can he see in the sea?

3. What size is the dragon Ransom sees in Chapter 4?

4. When Ransom awakes at the beginning of Chapter 8, where does he think he is?

5. How does Ransom know he is in the same valley where Weston became ill?

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