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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Weston confirms that Ransom is on a spaceship, Ransom is overcome with:
(a) elation
(b) anger
(c) fear
(d) forboding

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

3. The core of the ship is:
(a) solid metal
(b) hollow
(c) made of molten lava
(d) contains argon and helium

4. Ransom's dream mentioned in question #16 foreshadows:
(a) his desire to meet men from Mars
(b) his eventual trip to Malacandra
(c) his becoming addicted to the drugs Devine gives him
(d) his death at an early age

5. When Weston walks into Ransom's room, Weston is:
(a) mean
(b) apologetic
(c) crying
(d) nude

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the walls made of?

2. Why does Ransom think about suicide?

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

4. When Ransom comes to from being drugged, he tries to escape but is unable because:

5. Devine leaves Ransom supposedly to go into the kitchen to get what?

(see the answer key)

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