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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Family, Chapter 11-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Crane think of Louie?
(a) That he is smooth and flattered her husband to get Outland's money.
(b) She thinks he is a good swimmer.
(c) She adores him and thinks of him as her own son.
(d) She is wary of him, and does not speak to him.

2. What does the Professor love to do on hot days?
(a) Go to the new house.
(b) Sit in his garden.
(c) Swim in the lake.
(d) Be in his study.

3. What did Outland do when working for the railroad?
(a) Engineer.
(b) He was a call boy.
(c) Conductor.
(d) He was a water boy.

4. What kind of property does the Professor own at the lake?
(a) A triangle waterfront with a bath-house.
(b) He does not own anything on the lake.
(c) A treed lot with a cabin.
(d) A boat dock and a small strip of land.

5. In what place is Louie going to give his wife her new jewels?
(a) In Chicago.
(b) At home.
(c) In New York.
(d) At their first dinner party at Outland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mrs. Crane sit when she comes to visit the Professor in his study?

2. Who, according to Augusta, composed "The Magnificat"?

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

4. What prestigious group is Louie trying to get into at the university?

5. What is Sir Edgar Spilling's specialty in history?

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