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

2. When Scott runs into Lillian on the campus, what do they do together?
(a) They sneak into the Professor's lecture to listen.
(b) They laugh at passing people.
(c) They lunch together on the lawn.
(d) They wait for the professor outside.

3. What are Louie and Rosamond calling their new home?
(a) Outland.
(b) St. Peter.
(c) Rosamond.
(d) Lillian.

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

5. What puzzles the Professor about Kathleen's talents?
(a) That she does not think she can make pottery.
(b) That she does not think she is remarkable.
(c) That she does not think she can sing.
(d) That she does not think she could be a professor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the attic study heated?

2. Whom does St. Peter continue to search for?

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

4. What has been the comfort of the Professor's life?

5. What can be seen from the window of the study?

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