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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of hat was Outland wearing when he first met the Professor?
(a) A Stetson.
(b) A Club Hat.
(c) A Racer.
(d) A Fedora.

3. Why did the Professor grow up Methodist and not Catholic?
(a) His father insisted.
(b) There were no Catholics in Kansas.
(c) His mother gave up the Catholic religion.
(d) There was no Catholic church in the town where he grew up.

4. Where did Mrs. St Peter think the pot that Outland gave her should reside?
(a) On her mantle.
(b) In her best friend's house.
(c) Back at the mesa.
(d) In a museum.

5. What puzzles the Professor about Kathleen's talents?
(a) That she does not think she is remarkable.
(b) That she does not think she could be a professor.
(c) That she does not think she can sing.
(d) That she does not think she can make pottery.

6. Who shares the study with the Professor?
(a) Lillian.
(b) Augusta and her dress forms.
(c) Kathleen.
(d) Rosamond.

7. What are Louie and Rosamond calling their new home?
(a) Lillian.
(b) Outland.
(c) St. Peter.
(d) Rosamond.

8. What is Sir Edgar Spilling's specialty in history?
(a) Archeology.
(b) Science.
(c) Spanish history.
(d) Economics.

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

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

11. What was the only thing that Kathleen could really paint?
(a) Her house.
(b) The lake.
(c) Her room
(d) Her father.

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

13. What color is the fur worn by Rosamond that catches her father's eye?
(a) Salmon.
(b) Pink-toast.
(c) Purple-grey.
(d) Cream.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many volumes of history did the Professor write?

2. What happens in early November in the novel?

3. How did Outland's father die?

4. What kind of property does the Professor own at the lake?

5. What did the Professor give to a passing girl from a charity school that got her in trouble?

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