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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The view outside the window is:
(a) a forest that he doesn't recognize
(b) a meadow full of cows
(c) a beautiful waterfall
(d) of stars and what may be the moon

2. When Ransom comes to from being drugged, he tries to escape but is unable because:
(a) there is no door in the room he is in
(b) he can't find his shoes
(c) he is chained to the wall
(d) he is knocked out from behind

3. What does Thulcandra mean to the hross?
(a) A type of animal used like a horse
(b) Silent planet
(c) The name of their God
(d) The chief of their village

4. The nameless pedestrian who is walking along an English lane is called:
(a) Harold James
(b) Edwin Ransom
(c) Larry Weaks
(d) Jerrold Jones

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

6. Why is she concerned about Harry?
(a) Harry has run away from home
(b) Harry is on the roof and can't get down
(c) He is late returning home from working at The Rise
(d) Harry has fallen from a tree

7. What does Ransom hear when he gets into the backyard of the Rise?
(a) The barking of dogs
(b) He becomes aware of a scuffling sound and sharp voices
(c) Two men singing a walking song
(d) A mule braying

8. The second man, who is an accomplice to the man in question #4 and who is a physicist.
(a) Jack
(b) Weston
(c) William
(d) Wally

9. What does Ransom do with the Hross?
(a) Offers him his watch as a token of friendship
(b) Accepts an invitation to his home and gets in a boat with him
(c) Asks him where the biggest city is and starts off in that direction
(d) Hits him over the head and runs

10. When the ship enters Malacandra's orbit how does Ransom feel upon wakening?
(a) As if life has completely changed for him
(b) That his death is imminent
(c) Disoriented and groggy
(d) His fear becomes almost invigorating to him

11. The name of the place where the simple-minded boy is being held and which Ransom finds to be an uninviting place:
(a) The Eyrie
(b) The Rise
(c) Jackson Hallows
(d) Barren Heights

12. When the ship lands what does Ransom think about space?
(a) Space is alive and vibrant
(b) It is good to get out of space
(c) That space is dead and lifeless
(d) That it is lonely in space

13. What does Ransom think might be happening?
(a) That somehow the space travel has actually split his body and there are two Ransoms wandering the woods
(b) That he is insane and actually in a hospital on earth and the entire trip has been in his head
(c) That he has become a multiple personality
(d) That he is home asleep and dreaming all of this

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

15. How does Ransom feel when Weston and Devine open the manhole?
(a) Homesick for earth
(b) Impatient to get out and see the planet
(c) Excited to be on a far away planet
(d) Frightened at the thought of leaving the ship

Short Answer Questions

1. What bothers Ransom about describing earth to the hross?

2. What is an hnakra and its relationship to the hross?

3. What is an eldil?

4. When he closely examines the walls how do they appear?

5. What does Weston and Devine do when they finish eating?

(see the answer keys)

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