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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Professor's family think about the bathroom of a house?
(a) That it should be on the main floor.
(b) That it should be small.
(c) That it should be the most attractive room.
(d) That it should be out of the house.

2. What language did Outland study with a priest?
(a) Italian
(b) Russian.
(c) German.
(d) Latin.

3. How many volumes of history did the Professor write?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Eight.

4. How does Scott describe the memory of Tom Outland?
(a) Too rough to be real.
(b) Not real, just a glittering idea.
(c) Like a cowboy.
(d) Perfect.

5. What is Dr. Crane's complaint about Outland's work?
(a) He was too neat in the lab.
(b) He never acquired good laboratory technique.
(c) He never wrote anything down.
(d) His ideas were not thought out.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the Professor able to build a new house?

2. How is the attic study heated?

3. Who was engaged to Tom Outland?

4. What was Outland carrying when he first met the Professor?

5. Where does Dr. Crane work on the campus?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Louie and Rosamond's house named after? Why is this such a shock to the family?

2. Why is the lake so important to the Professor? What does it have to do with his childhood?

3. Describe the dress forms as characters seen by the Professor.

4. Describe the garden at the Professor's former house. Why is this unusual?

5. Why did Lillian refuse to help Augusta out of her financial problems?

6. How does Louie describe the country house they are building? What impression does this give the reader about Louie and Rosamond?

7. What does Mrs. Crane mean when she says, "There are some things the law doesn't cover?" How much did Crane help Outland?

8. What kind of personality does the study have? What are the study and house to the Professor?

9. What is the significance of Louie saying that it is Scott who does not like his dinners?

10. Would Lillian have been happy with Tom Outland as her son-in-law? Why?

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