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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Blake after he tells Outland about selling the objects from Cliff City?
(a) He goes to war.
(b) He returns home.
(c) He leaves for California.
(d) He disappears.

2. What eastern city was Lillian surprised to find out that Outland had been to?
(a) Boston.
(b) Miami.
(c) Washington.
(d) New York.

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

4. How does the mule die?
(a) It trips and breaks its leg.
(b) It dies in a dust storm.
(c) It falls to the bottom of the canyon.
(d) It is bitten by a snake.

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

6. What does Outland find in himself on the mesa?
(a) Music.
(b) Loneliness.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Happiness.

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

8. Whom does Outland want to visit Cliff City?
(a) A junkman.
(b) An archaeologist.
(c) An educator.
(d) A scientist.

9. What is one of the biggest cattle companies in New Mexico?
(a) The Rogers Cattle Company.
(b) The Blue Mesa Cattle Company.
(c) The Sitwell Cattle Company.
(d) The Rio Grande Cattle Company.

10. What did Scott do that hurts Louie's feelings when he finds out?
(a) He kept him from getting a job at the college.
(b) He blackballed him for Arts and letters.
(c) He told Lillian that she should cook his favorite meal.
(d) He went swimming without him.

11. What covers the birdcage that hangs in the saloon?
(a) An Indian blanket.
(b) An old flannel shirt.
(c) An old quilt.
(d) A coat.

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

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

14. In his summer alone, whom does the Professor get to know again?
(a) His landlord.
(b) Tom Outland.
(c) Scott.
(d) Himself as a young boy.

15. What is the big unanswered question for Outland and his group regarding Cliff City?
(a) What happened to the people?
(b) Where did they cook?
(c) How did they make the pots?
(d) What tribe were they?

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the Indian Commissioner think Outland should see about Cliff City?

2. How much did Lillian inherit from her father?

3. What does Outland think of the people who built his discovery?

4. According to Outland's diary, where is the poker game going on in town?

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

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