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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 Louie arrange for the Professor and Lillian while they are in Chicago?
(a) To stay at a nice hotel and attend the opera.
(b) To swim in the lake.
(c) To be driven by a private car.
(d) To eat at a very expensive restaurant.

2. What does the Professor love to do on hot days?
(a) Swim in the lake.
(b) Be in his study.
(c) Go to the new house.
(d) Sit in his garden.

3. Where does Mrs. Crane sit when she comes to visit the Professor in his study?
(a) She stands.
(b) In Augusta's sewing chair.
(c) In the window seat.
(d) In a rocker.

4. What does Mrs. Crane wish to discuss with the Professor when she comes to visit him?
(a) Lillian.
(b) Outland's money.
(c) A trip to Europe.
(d) The college.

5. Where did the Professor grow up?
(a) In Chicago near the Art Institute.
(b) Near Lake Michigan and then in Kansas.
(c) In Ohio and then to Missouri.
(d) In New York along the banks of the Hudson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Other than the language Outland studied with the priest, what other languages did he know?

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

3. Whom did the Professor live with at Versailles?

4. When Scott and the Professor go swimming, what does Scott confess is bothering him?

5. What prestigious group is Louie trying to get into at the university?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kind of games did Outland play with the girls?

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

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

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

6. How might Outland sound imaginary to readers?

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

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

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

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

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