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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 Mrs. St. Peter have under the table that causes her trouble at her dinner with Sir Edgar Spilling?
(a) An electric bell to call the servants.
(b) A begging dog.
(c) A loose floor board.
(d) Nothing.

2. What is Louie and Rosamond's chauffeur's name?
(a) Ted.
(b) John.
(c) Albert.
(d) Ned.

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

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

5. What is Louie's religion?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Baptist.
(d) Methodist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kathleen feel towards her sister?

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

3. What bracelet was Rosamond wearing when Louie first saw her?

4. What did Outland do when working for the railroad?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the rivalry between Scott and Louie play out with Louie's entrance to Arts and Letters?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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