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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 Rosamond want to build for her father?
(a) A new house.
(b) A new study in the back yard of the new house.
(c) A garden.
(d) A lake house.

2. Who is the current student who excited the Professor to controversy?
(a) Hazel Grough.
(b) Joe Green.
(c) Tod Miller.
(d) Temple Hat.

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

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

5. Why does Rosamond feel guilty about having Tom Outland's money?
(a) Because she does not understand what he invented.
(b) Because she is married.
(c) Because she has spent all the money.
(d) Because she never loved him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the Professor grow up?

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

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

5. Who is the Professor's professional rival and enemy?

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