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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom is the Professor named after?
(a) An aunt.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) An uncle.
(d) His father.

3. How much did Lillian inherit from her father?
(a) $16 a month.
(b) About $1600 a year.
(c) $16,000 a year.
(d) $1600 a month.

4. What does Outland remember about thunderstorms in Cliff City?
(a) That he could see the ghosts of Indians.
(b) That they were so loud.
(c) That the rain never touched the village.
(d) That he was scared.

5. How much money does a person need to get into the poker game?
(a) $5.00
(b) $50.00
(c) $100.00
(d) $10.00

6. Whom does the Representative from Outland's district think he should see about Cliff City?
(a) His Congressman.
(b) His Senator.
(c) The President.
(d) The Indian Commission.

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

8. When Outland returns from Washington, how long does he stay out on the mesa?
(a) Until the spring.
(b) Until the next snows.
(c) Until the following summer
(d) Until November.

9. What do the men find in the Eagle's Nest?
(a) A body.
(b) Pots and pans.
(c) Tanning tools.
(d) Seeds.

10. What does Louie want to do with the furniture in his house before they all leave on their trip?
(a) Give it to Scott and Kathleen.
(b) Donate it to the college.
(c) Give it away to Goodwill.
(d) Give it to the Professor and Lillian.

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

12. What does Outland do with the objects he finds in Cliff City?
(a) He gives them to the Mexican woman Blake rooms with.
(b) He transports them by mule to the nearest town.
(c) He dusts them off and puts them in large canvas bags.
(d) He numbers them and stores them in the cabin.

13. Whom does Outland not trust as he watches over Blake the night he meets him?
(a) Barney Shea.
(b) John Rapp.
(c) Conductor Willis.
(d) Jonas Sitwell.

14. Who is a good friend who supplied men and supplies for the Cliff City project?
(a) Bill Hook.
(b) Sitwell.
(c) Henry.
(d) Blake.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the biggest cattle companies in New Mexico?

2. What is Virginia Ward's advice for Outland?

3. Where do the Professor and Outland travel the second time?

4. How many people did Henry have in his family?

5. Where is Louie traveling with his brother?

(see the answer keys)

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