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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The effect of weightlessness is countered by:
(a) a weight belt
(b) pressurization
(c) magnetic boots
(d) an ionic deconverter

2. Ransom strips off his clothes because:
(a) there is a bug crawling down his shirt
(b) he wants a uniform to show his authority
(c) the heat is intense
(d) he is going to take a shower

3. What does Ransom do when he finally stops for a moment?
(a) Picks up some berries that might be edible
(b) Ptrips off his shirt and pants and bathes in a stream
(c) Sits down beside a stream of warm water
(d) Sits down and begins to cry

4. Where does Ransom run as he's getting away?
(a) Across a field of plants that look like corn
(b) Into a forest of tall, purple plants
(c) Into a large, crowded city
(d) Back to the space ship

5. What does Weston and Devine do when they finish eating?
(a) Carry the chairs to the hut
(b) Clear the table
(c) Wash up in the water
(d) They push Ransom closer to the edge of the water

Short Answer Questions

1. Weston replies to Ransom's questions by telling him not to talk too much in order to:

2. How does Ransom feel when Weston and Devine open the manhole?

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

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

5. Because the moon looks so strange to Ransom, what does he think?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the house where Ransom finds Harry and meets Weston and Devine.

2. How does Ransom figure out they are in space?

3. Once Ransom settles into the routine of space travel how does he feel?

4. When Ransom describes being from another planet, what surprises him about the hross?

5. What kind of information do Weston and Devine seek from Ransom when he first meets them in chapter one?

6. What does Ransom's dream foretell?

7. What does Weston say to Ransom when he asked how the ship worked?

8. What does Ransom hear in the room and what does he decide?

9. Describe the scene of Ransom meeting his first hross.

10. Describe the delusion Ransom is experiencing in the forest.

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