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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is all over the ground on the planet?
(a) Red and gold leaves
(b) Green slime
(c) Black moss
(d) A pinkish foliage

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

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

4. Ransom contemplates what he has learned from Weston and realizes he's ready to face what?
(a) Killing Weston
(b) Never seeing earth again
(c) Death
(d) Being on another planet

5. Because of the point of view of the story, the reader knows:
(a) that Ransom is on his way to Malacandra
(b) only what Ransom knows
(c) that Ransom is about to be sacrificed to the sun god
(d) that Weston thinks Ransom is highly intelligent

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ransom asks why he is kidnapped, Weston tells him that:

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

3. What does Ransom contemplate at the beginning of Chapter 6?

4. What does Devine actually go into the kitchen to do?

5. What does Ransom see among the trees?

(see the answer key)

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