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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Tom Outland's Story, Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Professor get out of vacationing with his daughter and son-in-law?
(a) He says the memories would be too much for him.
(b) He tells them he must work.
(c) He says he will get seasick.
(d) He does not get out of the trip.

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

3. What eastern city was Lillian surprised to find out that Outland had been to?
(a) New York.
(b) Washington.
(c) Boston.
(d) Miami.

4. What does Louie's brother do for a living?
(a) He is an attorney.
(b) He is a fur trader.
(c) He is a garment manufacturer.
(d) He is engaged in the silk trade.

5. How does Outland describe the people who work in Washington?
(a) Free from everyday hard labor.
(b) Like too many mice in a cage.
(c) Men and women using their brains and not their backs.
(d) Hundreds of little black-coated men pouring out of white buildings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has the Professor just done at the opening of the novel?

2. What does Louie arrange for the Professor and Lillian while they are in Chicago?

3. What kind of home are Louie Marsellus and his wife building?

4. Why does Rosamond feel guilty about having Tom Outland's money?

5. Where does Father Duchêne think Outland should go to tell them about Cliff City?

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