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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 did the Professor's wife and daughters do each summer?
(a) They painted the house.
(b) They sewed with Augusta.
(c) They went to Colorado.
(d) They played in the garden.

2. What religion is Dr. Crane?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Baptist.
(d) Methodist.

3. What does the Professor feel about the seasons in October?
(a) That his allergies act up when the weather turns cold.
(b) That the colors are enriched by being brought into the home.
(c) That Christmas is rushed into October.
(d) That he loves Halloween.

4. Who, according to Outland, made the best Indian pottery?
(a) The Kiowa.
(b) The Navahos.
(c) The cliff-dwellers.
(d) The Hopis.

5. What are Louie and Rosamond calling their new home?
(a) Outland.
(b) St. Peter.
(c) Lillian.
(d) Rosamond.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was engaged to Tom Outland?

2. What did Tom Outland invent?

3. What does the Professor's family think about the bathroom of a house?

4. What does Kathleen notice in her father's study that belonged to Outland?

5. Other than the editorials, what does Scott write daily for the paper?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Crane feel that she is entitled to some of Outland's money?

2. How might Outland sound imaginary to readers?

3. When the Professor sees Rosamond outside Kathleen's house, what does he see on her face?

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

5. What about Lillian's opinions bother the Professor?

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

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

8. How does the Professor see his wife and daughters? How does he describe them? Is it a flattering description?

9. What does the Professor mean when he tells his wife that they should have never gotten older? How does Lillian respond?

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

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