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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What day of the week does the narrator travel to see Ransom?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Saturday.

2. In Chapter 4, what color leaves does a fruit tree have?
(a) Green.
(b) Silver.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Red.

3. What color flowers cover the oval plateau where the immense piers of rock are?
(a) Red.
(b) Purple.
(c) White.
(d) Yellow.

4. Where did Ransom travel previously that he longs to see again?
(a) Morelandria.
(b) Malacandra.
(c) Madagascar.
(d) Morocco.

5. 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) Brown.
(b) Black.
(c) Gray.
(d) Green.

6. What mythical creature did Ransom meet on Malacandra ?
(a) Harpies.
(b) Cyclops.
(c) Chimera.
(d) Hydra.

7. 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 says, “maybe tomorrow.”
(d) She repeats the word “peace.”

8. What type of people did Ransom love on Malacandra?
(a) Flower-people.
(b) Smooth-skinned people.
(c) Furry-people.
(d) Tree-people.

9. What is Ransom’s first name?
(a) Elwin.
(b) Elsworth.
(c) Edward.
(d) Edgar.

10. As Ransom travels on the silver fish, how many phosphorescent creatures seem to be within sight at one time?
(a) 5-10.
(b) 15.
(c) 20-30.
(d) 25.

11. What does the Green Lady do when she looks at Ransom?
(a) Yells.
(b) Screams.
(c) Cries.
(d) Laughs.

12. When Ransom awakes at the beginning of Chapter 8, where does he think he is?
(a) Mars.
(b) Morning star.
(c) Earth.
(d) Venus.

13. How many miles has Ransom traveled from London?
(a) 100 miles.
(b) 250 miles.
(c) 40 million.
(d) 1 million.

14. What language is Weston able to speak when he arrives on Perelandra?
(a) Old Solar.
(b) Perelandrian.
(c) Terran.
(d) Malacandrian.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color berries does Ransom eat in Chapter 4?

2. During what Earth period might the language of Surnibur have developed?

3. What color are the leaves on the trees where Weston sets up camp?

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

5. What color skirt of tubes and strings and bladders are a fringe of what appears to be vegetable matter?

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