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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) Editorials and jingles.
(c) Obituaries.
(d) Novels.

2. Where did the Professor grow up?
(a) In Chicago near the Art Institute.
(b) In New York along the banks of the Hudson.
(c) Near Lake Michigan and then in Kansas.
(d) In Ohio and then to Missouri.

3. What prestigious group is Louie trying to get into at the university?
(a) Arts and Letters.
(b) Phi Kappa Alpha.
(c) The University Club.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

4. What jewels are being given to Rosamond by her husband?
(a) Pearls.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Emeralds.
(d) Rubies.

5. How is the attic study heated?
(a) By a fireplace.
(b) By a coal furnace in the room.
(c) By central heat.
(d) By a wood stove.

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

7. What does the Professor call the garden in his former home?
(a) The "treed" garden.
(b) The "wine" garden
(c) The "other-house" garden.
(d) The "green" garden.

8. 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.

9. What does Lillian make for Scott for a dinner?
(a) Chicken pot pie.
(b) Turkey and dressing.
(c) Cream soup and frozen pudding.
(d) Roast and potatoes.

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

11. What was Outland carrying when he first met the Professor?
(a) A backpack.
(b) A grey canvas telescope.
(c) A flower bucket.
(d) Potter wrapped in a blanket.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kathleen want her father to stop by her home in early November?

2. Who is Mrs. Crane's brother?

3. What is Sir Edgar Spilling's specialty in history?

4. Whom did the Professor live with at Versailles?

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

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