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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Whom does Outland want to visit Cliff City?
(a) An educator.
(b) An archaeologist.
(c) A scientist.
(d) A junkman.
2. In his summer alone, whom does the Professor get to know again?
(a) Tom Outland.
(b) His landlord.
(c) Scott.
(d) Himself as a young boy.
3. What does Outland remember about thunderstorms in Cliff City?
(a) That the rain never touched the village.
(b) That they were so loud.
(c) That he could see the ghosts of Indians.
(d) That he was scared.
4. Who is a good friend who supplied men and supplies for the Cliff City project?
(a) Henry.
(b) Blake.
(c) Sitwell.
(d) Bill Hook.
5. 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.
6. Why does the Professor accompany his daughter to Chicago for the second trip?
(a) To help her move to Chicago.
(b) To hear her lecture at the University.
(c) To help her buy things for her country house.
(d) To shop for new clothes.
7. How does Outland describe the people who work in Washington?
(a) Men and women using their brains and not their backs.
(b) Hundreds of little black-coated men pouring out of white buildings.
(c) Free from everyday hard labor.
(d) Like too many mice in a cage.
8. Whom is the Professor named after?
(a) An aunt.
(b) An uncle.
(c) His father.
(d) His grandfather.
9. How much money does a person need to get into the poker game?
(a) $100.00
(b) $5.00
(c) $50.00
(d) $10.00
10. What does Outland know when he makes his discovery in the mesa?
(a) That he has to keep it a secret.
(b) That others had been there before.
(c) That he has struck gold.
(d) That he is the first modern person to see it.
11. Where does Outland put Blake's money that he won in the poker game?
(a) In his grip.
(b) In his hat.
(c) In his holster.
(d) In the bank.
12. What does Henry call the objects found in Cliff City?
(a) The last of a generation.
(b) Rew-ins.
(c) Chinese pieces.
(d) Indian relics.
13. Where does Outland hide his diary?
(a) In Henry's knapsack.
(b) At the Eagle's Nest.
(c) In the cabin.
(d) At the bottom of the mesa.
14. Where does the Professor travel first with Outland?
(a) To the Blue Mesa.
(b) To Europe.
(c) To Canada.
(d) To Bermuda.
15. What does Louie want to do with the furniture in his house before they all leave on their trip?
(a) Donate it to the college.
(b) Give it to the Professor and Lillian.
(c) Give it to Scott and Kathleen.
(d) Give it away to Goodwill.
Short Answer Questions
1. When the Professor's family leaves on their trip abroad, what does the Professor do?
2. What does Outland think of the people he stays with in Washington?
3. Where is the Sitwell winter camp?
4. After Outland recovers from pneumonia, how does Blake divide the chores?
5. Whom does the Representative from Outland's district think he should see about Cliff City?
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