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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The Professor, Chapter 3-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Scott gets on the Blue Bird Express, whom does he encounter?
(a) Rosamond.
(b) Blake.
(c) Lillian.
(d) The Professor.

2. What did the Professor's wife and daughters do each summer?
(a) They sewed with Augusta.
(b) They went to Colorado.
(c) They played in the garden.
(d) They painted the house.

3. Other than the language Outland studied with the priest, what other languages did he know?
(a) Spanish and English.
(b) Italian and English.
(c) Spanish and German.
(d) German and Italian.

4. In the end, how does the Professor feel about his life?
(a) He sees a new beginning.
(b) The memories make him happy.
(c) He is indifferent to it.
(d) He is saddened by it.

5. How does Outland try to find Blake?
(a) By advertising in newspapers.
(b) By writing his family.
(c) By contacting the railroad.
(d) By calling his friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Professor's biggest regret about not going on the third trip with Outland?

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

3. Why did the Professor grow up Methodist and not Catholic?

4. What does Outland remember about thunderstorms in Cliff City?

5. What happens in early November in the novel?

(see the answer key)

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