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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Family, Chapter 8-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many volumes of history did the Professor write?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Eight.

2. Why does Kathleen want her father to stop by her home in early November?
(a) To discuss her finances.
(b) To talk to her because she is lonely.
(c) To help her pick out some furs.
(d) To help her move a piece of furniture.

3. How was the Professor able to build a new house?
(a) With his invention of a new motorcar.
(b) With the Oxford prize money he won for writing a series of history books.
(c) With the money he made from Outland.
(d) With prize money for a book on economics.

4. What did the Professor give to a passing girl from a charity school that got her in trouble?
(a) Dahlias.
(b) A book.
(c) A ring.
(d) A lecture.

5. What does Mrs. St. Peter have under the table that causes her trouble at her dinner with Sir Edgar Spilling?
(a) An electric bell to call the servants.
(b) A begging dog.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A loose floor board.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rosamond feel guilty about having Tom Outland's money?

2. What did the Professor's wife and daughters do each summer?

3. When Scott and the Professor go swimming, what does Scott confess is bothering him?

4. Where does Louie announce that he is taking his wife and his in-laws for a vacation?

5. In what place is Louie going to give his wife her new jewels?

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