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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the current student who excited the Professor to controversy?
(a) Tod Miller.
(b) Hazel Grough.
(c) Joe Green.
(d) Temple Hat.

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

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

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

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

6. What kind of car do Louie and Rosamond have?
(a) A Moon.
(b) A Pierce-Arrow.
(c) A Pontiac.
(d) A Ford.

7. What does the Professor feel about the seasons in October?
(a) That the colors are enriched by being brought into the home.
(b) That Christmas is rushed into October.
(c) That his allergies act up when the weather turns cold.
(d) That he loves Halloween.

8. How long does the Professor extend the lease on his house?
(a) Five years.
(b) Eighteen months.
(c) One year.
(d) Four months.

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

10. Why does Rosamond feel guilty about having Tom Outland's money?
(a) Because she never loved him.
(b) Because she does not understand what he invented.
(c) Because she is married.
(d) Because she has spent all the money.

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

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

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

14. How many volumes of history did the Professor write?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Eight.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Professor call the garden in his former home?

2. What happens in early November in the novel?

3. How was the Professor able to build a new house?

4. What did Tom Outland invent?

5. How is the attic study heated?

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