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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who used to sit in the garden in the summer evenings and talk with the Professor?
(a) Tom Outland.
(b) Augusta.
(c) Dr. Crane.
(d) Lillian.

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

4. How much money does Augusta lose?
(a) $35,000.00
(b) $100.00
(c) $500.00
(d) $1200.00

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

6. What does the Professor's family think about the bathroom of a house?
(a) That it should be small.
(b) That it should be the most attractive room.
(c) That it should be out of the house.
(d) That it should be on the main floor.

7. How did Outland's father die?
(a) He drowned.
(b) He died of old age.
(c) He was shot.
(d) He was killed by a wagon.

8. Why does Mrs. St. Peter scold her husband the morning after the dinner party?
(a) For tripping down the stairs.
(b) For burping at the dinner table.
(c) For slurping his soup.
(d) For being ungracious.

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

10. What does Mrs. Crane wish to discuss with the Professor when she comes to visit him?
(a) The college.
(b) Outland's money.
(c) Lillian.
(d) A trip to Europe.

11. The first time in the Professor's house, where did Outland fall?
(a) He fell down the front steps of the house.
(b) He fell on the stairs.
(c) He tripped up the outside steps.
(d) He slipped in the hall.

12. What did the Professor give to a passing girl from a charity school that got her in trouble?
(a) A ring.
(b) A book.
(c) Dahlias.
(d) A lecture.

13. Other than the editorials, what does Scott write daily for the paper?
(a) Prose poems.
(b) Short stories.
(c) Local news.
(d) Obituaries.

14. Who is Mrs. Crane's brother?
(a) Homer Bright.
(b) The Professor.
(c) Louie.
(d) Lillian's cousin.

15. How does Augusta lose money?
(a) By giving her attorney money.
(b) By giving her brother money.
(c) By investing in the Kinkoo Copper Company.
(d) By investing in Outland's engine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion is Dr. Crane?

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

3. Who was engaged to Tom Outland?

4. When Scott runs into Lillian on the campus, what do they do together?

5. What bracelet was Rosamond wearing when Louie first saw her?

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