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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Family, Chapter 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the attic study heated?
(a) By a fireplace.
(b) By a coal furnace in the room.
(c) By a wood stove.
(d) By central heat.

2. What did Tom Outland invent?
(a) The Outland engine.
(b) A way of recording ancient objects.
(c) A rocket booster.
(d) A type of car paint.

3. What has the Professor just done at the opening of the novel?
(a) Married.
(b) Started a new job.
(c) Divorced his wife.
(d) Moved to a new house.

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

5. Why does Mrs. St. Peter scold her husband the morning after the dinner party?
(a) For being ungracious.
(b) For tripping down the stairs.
(c) For slurping his soup.
(d) For burping at the dinner table.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two things does Mrs. St. Peter like about her new house?

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

3. Where did the Professor grow up?

4. Who was engaged to Tom Outland?

5. What puzzles the Professor about Kathleen's talents?

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