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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people did Henry have in his family?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Twenty-four.
(c) Four.
(d) Twelve.

2. What is the Professor's real first name?
(a) Napoleon.
(b) Gaylord.
(c) Lawrence.
(d) George.

3. What does Outland commit to memory while on the mesa?
(a) His record logs.
(b) His diary.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Long passages of Virgil.

4. How does the Professor get out of vacationing with his daughter and son-in-law?
(a) He tells them he must work.
(b) He says he will get seasick.
(c) He says the memories would be too much for him.
(d) He does not get out of the trip.

5. What do the men call the discovery they find in Eagle's Nest?
(a) The Seeds of Nature.
(b) Father Time.
(c) Golden Pots.
(d) Mother Eve.

6. After Outland recovers from pneumonia, how does Blake divide the chores?
(a) A pack-mule pulls the heavy loads.
(b) Outland does all the heavy lifting.
(c) Blake does all the heavy chores.
(d) Blake makes the horses work.

7. Who buys all the ancient objects excavated from Cliff City from Blake?
(a) A Canadian woman who was staying with family.
(b) A Russian soldier.
(c) A German man.
(d) A Mexican man from Taxco.

8. When Scott gets on the Blue Bird Express, whom does he encounter?
(a) The Professor.
(b) Rosamond.
(c) Blake.
(d) Lillian.

9. When does Outland want to go into the mesa and begin exploring with supplies?
(a) In November just as the first snow falls.
(b) In the summer.
(c) In October, because it is so beautiful.
(d) In May, when their engagement with the Sitwell Company is terminated.

10. How much time elapses between the fight with Blake and meeting the Professor?
(a) Two years.
(b) Five years.
(c) One year.
(d) One month.

11. How much does the Château d'Yquem cost?
(a) $10.00.
(b) $20.00.
(c) $5.00.
(d) $15.00.

12. What does Outland know when he makes his discovery in the mesa?
(a) That he is the first modern person to see it.
(b) That he has to keep it a secret.
(c) That others had been there before.
(d) That he has struck gold.

13. What does Henry think of the bag of tools they find in Cliff City?
(a) He believes they were building tools.
(b) He thinks they might be woodworking tools.
(c) He thinks they were surgery tools.
(d) He knows that they were cooking tools.

14. Why does the Professor accompany his daughter to Chicago for the second trip?
(a) To help her buy things for her country house.
(b) To help her move to Chicago.
(c) To hear her lecture at the University.
(d) To shop for new clothes.

15. When Outland returns to the mesa from Washington, how did he feel about it?
(a) It makes him lonely.
(b) He never wants to leave.
(c) He hates it.
(d) That he is seeing it for the first time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Outland put Blake's money that he won in the poker game?

2. How much money does a person need to get into the poker game?

3. What does Outland do when he stays out on the mesa alone after his trip to Washington?

4. What does Outland do with the objects he finds in Cliff City?

5. What eastern city was Lillian surprised to find out that Outland had been to?

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