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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ransom feel relieved when he wakes in Augray's tower?
(a) He met a sorn, the source of much of his fear since landing on Malacandra, and was not afraid
(b) Because he hasn't seen or heard from Weston or Devine
(c) Because he's not lost, wandering the mountains
(d) He has eaten and has slept

2. How often do the hross marry?
(a) The women have several husbands and many children
(b) They have no marriage and mate with whoever they want
(c) The hross do not mate at all
(d) They marry only once and mate for only a short period of their lives

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

4. What happens before Hyoi can turn the boat around and head back?
(a) Ransom gets seasick and loses his breakfast
(b) Hyoi falls out of the boat and is killed by the hnakra
(c) The hnakra attacks and they kill it
(d) A large wave swamps the boat and they have to swim for shore

5. To whom do Devine and Ransom plan to deliver Ransom?
(a) The elidil
(b) An evil wizard
(c) A sorn
(d) The king of the planet

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the waves on the water like?

2. What happens to Hyoi as they rest in the boat next to the hnakra's body?

3. Who surrounds Ransom as they walk into the hross's home village?

4. What happens to the temperature of the ship as they enter the gravity of Malacandra?

5. What does Hyoi tell Ransom about war between the three races of Malacandra?

(see the answer key)

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