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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. How was the Professor able to build a new house?
(a) With his invention of a new motorcar.
(b) With the Oxford prize money he won for writing a series of history books.
(c) With the money he made from Outland.
(d) With prize money for a book on economics.

2. What was the Professor's job in Paris?
(a) To write about his travels.
(b) To tutor the Thierault boys.
(c) An attorney.
(d) A student.

3. What is Dr. Crane's complaint about Outland's work?
(a) His ideas were not thought out.
(b) He was too neat in the lab.
(c) He never wrote anything down.
(d) He never acquired good laboratory technique.

4. What does Scott write?
(a) Editorials and jingles.
(b) Feature stories.
(c) Obituaries.
(d) Novels.

5. Why does Kathleen want her father to stop by her home in early November?
(a) To help her pick out some furs.
(b) To talk to her because she is lonely.
(c) To help her move a piece of furniture.
(d) To discuss her finances.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did the Professor live with at Versailles?

2. What does Lillian make for Scott for a dinner?

3. What did the Professor's wife and daughters do each summer?

4. What does the Professor love to do on hot days?

5. What did Outland do when working for the railroad?

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