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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the pfifltriggi?
(a) Small, dwarf like humanoid creatures who live on the ocean
(b) The slaves of the hross
(c) Another race of people on the planet
(d) The council of elders under Oyarsa

2. What does the ship run on, as explained by Weston?
(a) hydrogen
(b) solar radiation
(c) geothermal energy
(d) nuclear power

3. How do the hross view death?
(a) As a choice to take when ready
(b) With horror and fear
(c) As a wonderful transformation
(d) As the end, that there is no life after death

4. What does Ransom notice about the room in which he wakes?
(a) It is icy cold
(b) It is so small he can't stand up all the way
(c) The room is oddly shaped and seems to continuously change proportions
(d) It is painted blue with white stripes

5. What are the three men doing in Ransom's dream?
(a) Smoking pipes together
(b) Fighting
(c) Having dinner
(d) Climbing over a wall

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides the three races Ransom has heard about, another race, now extinct, lived on Malacandra. What was it?

2. How does Weston defend himself?

3. What kind of food does Augray offer Ransom?

4. Where and with whom does Ransom spend the night on the island?

5. What does the hross tell Ransom to do when they arrive on the island?

(see the answer key)

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