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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What upcoming event was occupying the time of the director of the Smithsonian?
(a) The International Exposition in Europe.
(b) The purchase of a Leonardo for the museum.
(c) The Van Gogh exhibit.
(d) The opening of the Indian Museum.

2. What does Outland find in the irrigation main in the mesa?
(a) Pieces of pottery.
(b) Arrowheads.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Snakes.

3. What does Outland have to clean up after the German man leaves the mesa?
(a) The ruins.
(b) The mesa floor.
(c) The horse stalls.
(d) The cabin.

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

5. To the Professor, what is so beautiful about Outland's accounts of the mesa?
(a) It is flowery.
(b) It is a plain account.
(c) It is vivid with colors.
(d) It is bold.

6. When Blake passes out after the poker game, where does the gold lie?
(a) All over the floor.
(b) In his pockets.
(c) On his dresser.
(d) In his hat.

7. What does Outland think of the people he stays with in Washington?
(a) They spend their lives trying to kepp up appearances.
(b) They are very good cooks.
(c) They are odd, but nice.
(d) They seem very down-to-earth.

8. Where is the cabin that Outland and Blake live in while working for Sitwell?
(a) Just outside of town.
(b) 30 yards from the Cruzados River.
(c) At the edge of the mountains.
(d) At the front of the valley.

9. Where does the Professor travel first with Outland?
(a) To Europe.
(b) To the Blue Mesa.
(c) To Bermuda.
(d) To Canada.

10. In the end, how does the Professor feel about his life?
(a) He is saddened by it.
(b) He sees a new beginning.
(c) He is indifferent to it.
(d) The memories make him happy.

11. What does Outland think of the people who built his discovery?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) That they had a feeling for design.
(c) They were short.
(d) They did not have much technology.

12. Where is the Sitwell winter camp?
(a) On the plains.
(b) In the mountains.
(c) On the Cruzados River.
(d) In the valley

13. What does Henry call the objects found in Cliff City?
(a) Chinese pieces.
(b) The last of a generation.
(c) Rew-ins.
(d) Indian relics.

14. According to Outland's diary, where is the poker game going on in town?
(a) The Ruby Light saloon.
(b) The Red Dog Inn.
(c) Joe's Diner.
(d) Mamie's Saloon.

15. 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 hear her lecture at the University.
(c) To help her move to Chicago.
(d) To shop for new clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time elapses between the fight with Blake and meeting the Professor?

2. How does the Professor get out of vacationing with his daughter and son-in-law?

3. Who buys all the ancient objects excavated from Cliff City from Blake?

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

5. What do the men find in the Eagle's Nest?

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