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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Tom Outland's Story, Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Sir Edgar Spilling's specialty in history?
(a) Spanish history.
(b) Economics.
(c) Science.
(d) Archeology.

2. What does Outland need to find to make his explorations easier?
(a) Another mule.
(b) Another man like Henry.
(c) Another entrance to the mesa.
(d) More money.

3. When Outland returns from Washington, how long does he stay out on the mesa?
(a) Until the next snows.
(b) Until November.
(c) Until the spring.
(d) Until the following summer

4. Other than the language Outland studied with the priest, what other languages did he know?
(a) Spanish and English.
(b) German and Italian.
(c) Italian and English.
(d) Spanish and German.

5. What kind of hat was Outland wearing when he first met the Professor?
(a) A Club Hat.
(b) A Fedora.
(c) A Racer.
(d) A Stetson.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Scott describe the memory of Tom Outland?

2. What does Mrs. St. Peter have under the table that causes her trouble at her dinner with Sir Edgar Spilling?

3. Where did the Professor grow up?

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

5. What happens in early November in the novel?

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