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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Family, Chapter 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who shares the study with the Professor?
(a) Kathleen.
(b) Augusta and her dress forms.
(c) Rosamond.
(d) Lillian.

2. How long does the Professor extend the lease on his house?
(a) Eighteen months.
(b) One year.
(c) Four months.
(d) Five years.

3. What does the Professor's family think about the bathroom of a house?
(a) That it should be the most attractive room.
(b) That it should be on the main floor.
(c) That it should be small.
(d) That it should be out of the house.

4. What kind of property does the Professor own at the lake?
(a) A triangle waterfront with a bath-house.
(b) A boat dock and a small strip of land.
(c) A treed lot with a cabin.
(d) He does not own anything on the lake.

5. When Scott and the Professor go swimming, what does Scott confess is bothering him?
(a) That Louie and Rosamond are naming their new house after Tom Outland.
(b) That he is angry that Louie gets so much attention from his mother-in-law.
(c) That Kathleen is unhappy with her sister.
(d) That he is also going to build a new house.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the Professor able to build a new house?

2. What color is the fur worn by Rosamond that catches her father's eye?

3. What did Tom Outland invent?

4. Why does Mrs. St. Peter scold her husband the morning after the dinner party?

5. Why does Augusta appear for work at the beginning of the novel?

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