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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ransom describe Malacandra?
(a) Like melody.
(b) Like sky.
(c) Like earth.
(d) Like rhythm.

2. Where do the Lady, the Un-man, and Ransom go when it begins to rain in Chapter 10?
(a) Under a canopy of leaves.
(b) In a cave.
(c) In a hold in a tree.
(d) In a burrow in the ground.

3. To what type of berries does Ransom compare the fruits he eats at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Bilberries.
(b) Holly berries.
(c) Blueberries.
(d) Raspberries.

4. What does the first voice sound like at the beginning of Chapter 16?
(a) Fog horn.
(b) Siren.
(c) Music.
(d) Chime.

5. In Chapter 14, how does Ransom reach the fissure high above his head?
(a) He sees a ladder and climbs it.
(b) He stacks large stones.
(c) He finds handholds in the cliff and climbs.
(d) He sees stairs and climbs them.

6. How many injuring creatures does Ransom find before he runs into Weston?
(a) 47.
(b) 21.
(c) 17.
(d) 30.

7. What does Ransom believe that one of the eldila holds in his hand?
(a) Something like a spear.
(b) Something like a staff.
(c) Grain.
(d) Fruit.

8. In Weston’s story about someone who views a dead body, whose body is viewed?
(a) A mother's.
(b) A grandmother’s.
(c) A father's.
(d) A grandfather's.

9. What creature is by the Lady as she listens to the Un-man at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Snake.
(b) Dragon.
(c) Piebald.
(d) Frog.

10. To the sound of what instrument does Ransom compare what he hears as he recovers from his subterranean journey?
(a) Trumpet.
(b) Violin.
(c) Cello.
(d) Flute.

11. What odd site does Ransom see as he makes his subterranean journey in Chapter 15?
(a) Some type of vehicle filled with insects.
(b) Walking skeletons.
(c) Two elephants carrying strangers.
(d) Four great earth-beetles pulling a flat car.

12. In Chapter 14, how long is Ransom able to make fairly good going until he runs into another cliff?
(a) 5 minutes.
(b) 20 minutes.
(c) 10 minutes.
(d) 30 minutes.

13. What does Ransom realize is his most serious injury as he begins to heal?
(a) A broken collarbone.
(b) A bite on the heel.
(c) A few broken ribs.
(d) An open wound on his head.

14. What creature does Ransom find injured in Chapter 9?
(a) Brightly colored frog.
(b) Piebald.
(c) Merman.
(d) Mermaid.

15. What color are the tree trunks in Chapter 12?
(a) Red.
(b) Indigo.
(c) Green.
(d) Violet.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14, after Ransom drinks from a pool, how long does it take him the top?

2. What color are the robes that the Lady and the Un-man wear?

3. By Chapter 11, with who or what is Ransom contending?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 16, where have “they” set foot as they begin to climb?

5. What is the theme of the stories that Un-man is telling the Lady at the beginning of Chapter 10?

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