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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Green Lady call Ransom?
(a) White one.
(b) Red one.
(c) Striped one.
(d) Piebald.

2. Who was Ransom’s chief captor when he was kidnapped and taken to Mars?
(a) Phillips.
(b) Martin.
(c) Bridger.
(d) Weston.

3. In Chapter 3, who argues against the Christian doctrine of the resurrection of the human body?
(a) Robins.
(b) McPhee.
(c) Roberts.
(d) McAee.

4. What is the woman made of that Ransom sees in Chapter 4?
(a) Copper.
(b) Stone.
(c) Flesh.
(d) Iron.

5. What does the narrator pass on his way to Ransom’s cottage?
(a) School.
(b) Daily farm.
(c) Abandoned church.
(d) Dead factory.

6. What color are the leaves on the trees where Weston sets up camp?
(a) Rust.
(b) Silver.
(c) Gold.
(d) Green.

7. What emotion does Random feel when it begins raining?
(a) Delight.
(b) Fear.
(c) Terror.
(d) Pleasure.

8. How long does Ransom ride one of the silver fish in Chapter 8 before night falls?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 90 minutes.
(c) 180 minutes.
(d) More than an hour.

9. What does Ransom find to eat on the fixed land?
(a) Lettuce.
(b) Fruit and nuts.
(c) Carrots.
(d) Peas and beans.

10. How many languages are on Mars?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

11. What color flowers is the Lady plaiting?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Pink.

12. What does Ransom give Weston after he has some sort of fit?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Brandy.
(d) Bread.

13. In Chapter 4, what color leaves does a fruit tree have?
(a) Green.
(b) Silver.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

14. How fast does Random rush to what seems to be a valley on Venus?
(a) Around 25 mph.
(b) 5 mph.
(c) 10 mph.
(d) About 30 mph.

15. As Ransom travels on the silver fish, how many phosphorescent creatures seem to be within sight at one time?
(a) 20-30.
(b) 5-10.
(c) 25.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator leave the railway station?

2. As Random is moved about in the ocean, what color clouds come between him and the sky?

3. How tall are the silver flowers in the field Ransom goes into as the creatures take him to their mistress?

4. What color skirt of tubes and strings and bladders are a fringe of what appears to be vegetable matter?

5. What color darkness comes along with a marked drop in temperature when Random assumes a horizontal position as he approaches the surface of Venus?

(see the answer keys)

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