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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 call the garden in his former home?
(a) The "treed" garden.
(b) The "green" garden.
(c) The "wine" garden
(d) The "other-house" garden.

2. What does Kathleen feel towards her sister?
(a) Spite.
(b) Love.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Envy.

3. Where does Dr. Crane work on the campus?
(a) The English building.
(b) The auto body shop.
(c) The Administration building.
(d) The Physics laboratory.

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

5. Who was engaged to Tom Outland?
(a) Rosamond.
(b) Lillian.
(c) Augusta.
(d) Kathleen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Louie arrange for the Professor and Lillian while they are in Chicago?

2. What language did Outland study with a priest?

3. What kind of property does the Professor own at the lake?

4. How many evenings a week does the Professor go out with his wife?

5. How many volumes of history did the Professor write?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does the Professor remember most about his time in Paris?

6. What happened to the girl from the charity school when the Professor tried to give her flowers? What is the significance of this moment?

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

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

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

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

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