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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of property does the Professor own at the lake?
(a) A treed lot with a cabin.
(b) A boat dock and a small strip of land.
(c) A triangle waterfront with a bath-house.
(d) He does not own anything on the lake.

2. What kind of gem did Outland give to the Professor's girls?
(a) Emerald.
(b) Ruby.
(c) Turquoise.
(d) Diamond.

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

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

5. When Scott runs into Lillian on the campus, what do they do together?
(a) They wait for the professor outside.
(b) They laugh at passing people.
(c) They lunch together on the lawn.
(d) They sneak into the Professor's lecture to listen.

6. What does Louie arrange for the Professor and Lillian while they are in Chicago?
(a) To be driven by a private car.
(b) To stay at a nice hotel and attend the opera.
(c) To swim in the lake.
(d) To eat at a very expensive restaurant.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. Whom did the Professor live with at Versailles?
(a) The Georges.
(b) The Wainwrights.
(c) The Thomases.
(d) The Thieraults.

15. Why does Augusta appear for work at the beginning of the novel?
(a) To help the Professor with the garden.
(b) To cook for the Professor.
(c) To help move the Professor.
(d) To make curtains and hem linens for Mrs. St Peter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. St. Peter have under the table that causes her trouble at her dinner with Sir Edgar Spilling?

2. Other than the editorials, what does Scott write daily for the paper?

3. What religion is Dr. Crane?

4. Whom does St. Peter continue to search for?

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

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