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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ransom do with his watch?
(a) He sets the correct time
(b) Nothing, he doesn't have a watch
(c) He takes it off and puts it in his pocket
(d) He winds it because it has stopped

2. What is an hnakra and its relationship to the hross?
(a) The animal the hross uses to herd their domestic animals
(b) A type of land animal similar to a leopard
(c) The sea creature who attacked Weston and Devine, the hross hunt hnakra
(d) An hnakra is another intelligent creature who act as teachers and nursemaids to the hross' children

3. What happens to the temperature of the ship as they enter the gravity of Malacandra?
(a) The temperature drops
(b) It becomes hotter
(c) The temperature changes intemittently from hot to cold
(d) The temperature stays the same

4. What happens to the center of gravity on the ship as they near the planet?
(a) It turns off
(b) Nothing happens to it
(c) It shifts from the center to the side closest to the planet
(d) It becomes haywire moving all over the ship

5. When the ship is landing what is Ransom doing?
(a) He is deeply engaged in thought
(b) Trying to find something heavy to hit Weston over the head with
(c) Thinking about escape
(d) Wondering where they are

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an eldil?

2. What does Ransom do after Hyoi dies?

3. Because of the point of view of the story, the reader knows:

4. Why does Ransom becomes depressed as they enter Malacandra's atmosphere?

5. What does Ransom hear as he runs through the forest?

(see the answer key)

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