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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 Tom Outland invent?
(a) A rocket booster.
(b) A way of recording ancient objects.
(c) A type of car paint.
(d) The Outland engine.

2. What has been the comfort of the Professor's life?
(a) His walled-in garden.
(b) His lab.
(c) His students.
(d) His food.

3. Why does Rosamond feel guilty about having Tom Outland's money?
(a) Because she never loved him.
(b) Because she has spent all the money.
(c) Because she is married.
(d) Because she does not understand what he invented.

4. Where did Mrs. St Peter think the pot that Outland gave her should reside?
(a) Back at the mesa.
(b) In her best friend's house.
(c) On her mantle.
(d) In a museum.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What has the Professor just done at the opening of the novel?

3. Why do the Professor and his wife travel to Chicago?

4. What does Louie's brother do for a living?

5. Why did the Professor grow up Methodist and not Catholic?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of relationship does the Professor have with Augusta?

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

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

4. Why does the Professor discuss the Cranes with his daughter Rosamond? What is going on between the Cranes and Louie? How does the mention of this name get Rosamond to leve him alone?

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

6. How might Outland sound imaginary to readers?

7. When Outland handed the turquoises to the girls, what did the professor notice about his hands?

8. Why does the Professor meet Mrs. Crane in his study? Why is this awkward?

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

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

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