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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 a garment manufacturer.
(b) He is a fur trader.
(c) He is an attorney.
(d) He is engaged in the silk trade.

2. What does Dr. Crane wear on his feet in the lab when working?
(a) Tennis Shoes.
(b) Carpet slippers.
(c) Sandals.
(d) Socks.

3. What happens in early November in the novel?
(a) A tornado.
(b) A war.
(c) An early snow-storm.
(d) A dust-storm.

4. What bracelet was Rosamond wearing when Louie first saw her?
(a) A rudy bracelet.
(b) An emerald chain bracelet.
(c) One with turquoise set in dull silver.
(d) A pink pearl bracelet with a gold clasp.

5. What is Louie's religion?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Methodist.
(d) Baptist.

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

7. Where does Louie announce that he is taking his wife and his in-laws for a vacation?
(a) To Germany.
(b) To France.
(c) To Georgia.
(d) To Florida.

8. What does Scott wonder about concerning the bracelet?
(a) If Rosamond still has the bracelet.
(b) If Rosamond would sell the bracelet.
(c) If Rosamond still has feelings for Tom Outland.
(d) If the stones are really green.

9. How was the Professor able to build a new house?
(a) With the money he made from Outland.
(b) With prize money for a book on economics.
(c) With the Oxford prize money he won for writing a series of history books.
(d) With his invention of a new motorcar.

10. When Mrs. Crane wrote to Rosamond, how did she respond?
(a) Rosamond wrote her a letter.
(b) Through her lawyer.
(c) Rosamond had her father talk to Mrs. Crane.
(d) Louie called Mrs. Crane.

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

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

13. Why do the Professor and his wife travel to Chicago?
(a) For shopping.
(b) For the Professor to give a lecture.
(c) To see the opera.
(d) To go with their daughter and son-in-law.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mrs. Crane sit when she comes to visit the Professor in his study?

2. What two things does Mrs. St. Peter like about her new house?

3. Who used to sit in the garden in the summer evenings and talk with the Professor?

4. How did Outland eat his meat?

5. What does the Professor's family think about the bathroom of a house?

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