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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) Saturday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Thursday.

2. What crosses the road in front of the narrator that makes him want to scream?
(a) Cat.
(b) Rat.
(c) Fox.
(d) Dog.

3. What become Ransom’s dominant sensations when he awakes at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Stomach cramps.
(b) Headache and backache.
(c) Diarrhea and nausea.
(d) Hunger and thirst.

4. How does Ransom spend his time at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Talking with the Green Lady.
(c) Eating.
(d) Exploring the island.

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

6. During what Earth period might the language of Surnibur have developed?
(a) Cambrian.
(b) Triassic.
(c) Ordovician.
(d) Jurassic.

7. What sound breaks into Ransom’s dreams in Chapter 5?
(a) The sound of the sea.
(b) A bird.
(c) The Green Lady singing.
(d) The dragon.

8. How many immense piers or rock rise upwards as Ransom and the Lady stop for a moment during their climb?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

9. How many floating islands does Ransom count at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) 23.
(b) 15.
(c) 41.
(d) 32.

10. How is thunder described?
(a) As temper.
(b) As anger.
(c) As the laugh of heaven.
(d) As the roar of heaven.

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

12. Near what type of trees does the narrator turn left?
(a) Beech.
(b) Oak.
(c) Maple.
(d) Aspen.

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

14. In which world did Maleldil first take human form?
(a) Malacandra.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) Earth.
(d) Perelandra.

15. What color flowers cover Ransom when he returns at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Purple.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How tall are the silver flowers in the field Ransom goes into as the creatures take him to their mistress?

3. What type of people did Ransom love on Malacandra?

4. What is the coffin-like object for?

5. How many other people does the Green Lady know?

(see the answer keys)

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