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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is the biggest of the silver fish?
(a) 9 feet.
(b) 10 feet.
(c) 7 feet.
(d) 8 feet.

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

3. 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) Embarrassment.
(d) Fear.

4. What color is the coffin-like object?
(a) White.
(b) Gray.
(c) Black.
(d) Blue.

5. How does Ransom know he is in the same valley where Weston became ill?
(a) He finds some of Weston’s belongings.
(b) He sees Weston sleeping.
(c) He sees the spot where Weston laid.
(d) He recognizes a grove of trees.

6. What color are the leaves on the trees where Weston sets up camp?
(a) Green.
(b) Silver.
(c) Rust.
(d) Gold.

7. Where does Ransom find food on the Fixed Land?
(a) Upper slopes and wooded valleys.
(b) In a grove of trees.
(c) Near the beach.
(d) At the base of the cliffs.

8. During the night that Ransom rides the silver fish, what color luminosity can he see in the sea?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Blue-green.
(c) Silvery-white.
(d) Gold.

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

10. What color skirt of tubes and strings and bladders are a fringe of what appears to be vegetable matter?
(a) Red.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

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

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

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

14. What does Ransom find to eat on the fixed land?
(a) Fruit and nuts.
(b) Peas and beans.
(c) Lettuce.
(d) Carrots.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion does Ransom feel as he and Weston talk about “Force”?

2. How many times does it take Ransom to be able to stand on a ridge and wave at a person on another island?

3. In Chapter 4, what color leaves does a fruit tree have?

4. How does Ransom spend his time at the beginning of Chapter 6?

5. What color flowers cover Ransom when he returns at the end of Chapter 2?

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