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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many floating islands does Ransom count at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) 32.
(b) 41.
(c) 23.
(d) 15.
2. 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.
3. What time of day does the narrator head for Ransom’s cottage?
(a) 10 a.m.
(b) 8 a.m.
(c) 6 p.m.
(d) 5 p.m.
4. What do the creatures look like that seem to come down with the rain?
(a) Dragonflies.
(b) Salamanders.
(c) Frogs.
(d) Toads.
5. What sound breaks into Ransom’s dreams in Chapter 5?
(a) The Green Lady singing.
(b) The dragon.
(c) The sound of the sea.
(d) A bird.
6. How many other people does the Green Lady know?
(a) 50.
(b) 1.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.
7. How many languages are on Mars?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.
8. 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) 25.
(d) 20-30.
9. How is thunder described?
(a) As anger.
(b) As the roar of heaven.
(c) As temper.
(d) As the laugh of heaven.
10. Where did Ransom travel previously that he longs to see again?
(a) Madagascar.
(b) Malacandra.
(c) Morocco.
(d) Morelandria.
11. How does Ransom know he is in the same valley where Weston became ill?
(a) He sees Weston sleeping.
(b) He sees the spot where Weston laid.
(c) He recognizes a grove of trees.
(d) He finds some of Weston’s belongings.
12. In the wood, what color fruit hang like toy balloons?
(a) Purple.
(b) Green.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Red.
13. What does the Green Lady say when Ransom asks if he can swim over?
(a) She repeats the word “peace.”
(b) She says, “maybe tomorrow.”
(c) She says, “no.”
(d) She nods and says "yes."
14. How many times does it take Ransom to be able to stand on a ridge and wave at a person on another island?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.
15. During what Earth period might the language of Surnibur have developed?
(a) Jurassic.
(b) Ordovician.
(c) Cambrian.
(d) Triassic.
Short Answer Questions
1. How long is the biggest of the silver fish?
2. Where did Ransom have to go?
3. In Chapter 5, how many islands are making a temporary continent?
4. How does the Green Lady call the large silver fish?
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?
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