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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. What does the Oyarsa say gives the Malacandrians peace?
(a) That all three races cooperate
(b) That their planet is ruled by the Osarya
(c) That there is no war on Malacandra
(d) The Malacandrians do not fear death

2. What does Ransom see before he sees the sorn?
(a) The sorn's shadow on the wall
(b) An eldil
(c) A stream running through the cave
(d) Crystal rocks

3. When an eldil comes to Hyoi's boat what does he tell the hross?
(a) That Hyoi must allow Ransom to kill the hnakra to prove himself
(b) That Ransom shouldn't be there, but should be on his way to see Oyarsa
(c) That Ransom is in league with Weston and Devine
(d) That humans are not allowed to hunt hnakra

4. What do Ransom and the narrator want to do with the prophecy?
(a) To publish it and have a best-seller
(b) To publish it and let people know there's life on other planets
(c) To become rich and famou
(d) To warn the world about the coming events

5. What about earth amazes the sorns the most?
(a) The fact that earth has no Oyarsa
(b) Ransom's description of war, slavery and other parts of human history astonish the sorns
(c) His talk of money and banking
(d) Ransom's description of big cities, like London

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the narrator learn of the story?

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

3. What does Oyarsa say of the history of earth?

4. Why is Ransom confused as he climbs through the mountain pass?

5. What does Ransom find in the cavern he enters?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the sorn and Ransom do when Ransom enters the cave?

2. Who begins speaking in Chapter 22? How did he learn of Ransom?

3. What happens with the three dead hross?

4. What does Ransom tell the sorn about earth and what do the sorn think?

5. What does Ransom find as he climbs the mountain pass? Describe the scene.

6. Describe Ransom's first view of Meldilorn.

7. Describe the hross' relationship with the hnakra.

8. What is the narrator's purpose in writing this story?

9. Describe a parallel between Ransom leaving to go to the mountains and the beginning of the book.

10. What does Ransom do on the space ship during the return trip to earth?

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