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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. How does the Professor get out of vacationing with his daughter and son-in-law?
(a) He does not get out of the trip.
(b) He says he will get seasick.
(c) He tells them he must work.
(d) He says the memories would be too much for him.

2. What did Scott do that hurts Louie's feelings when he finds out?
(a) He kept him from getting a job at the college.
(b) He went swimming without him.
(c) He told Lillian that she should cook his favorite meal.
(d) He blackballed him for Arts and letters.

3. What happens to Blake after he tells Outland about selling the objects from Cliff City?
(a) He goes to war.
(b) He returns home.
(c) He disappears.
(d) He leaves for California.

4. What is the big unanswered question for Outland and his group regarding Cliff City?
(a) Where did they cook?
(b) What happened to the people?
(c) What tribe were they?
(d) How did they make the pots?

5. When Outland returns to the mesa from Washington, how did he feel about it?
(a) That he is seeing it for the first time.
(b) He never wants to leave.
(c) It makes him lonely.
(d) He hates it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the cabin that Outland and Blake live in while working for Sitwell?

2. When does Outland want to go into the mesa and begin exploring with supplies?

3. How much does Blake sell his horse for?

4. What is one of the biggest cattle companies in New Mexico?

5. Where does Outland put Blake's money that he won in the poker game?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Blake's personality like? How did this affect how others viewed him?

2. When Outland returns to the mesa after Washington, how does he see the sunset?

3. Why do the cattle bolt from the mesa? What causes them to do this?

4. Had Outland lived, what would his life have looked like? Would he have lost his sense of adventure?

5. What is Blake's mistake about money in the end?

6. Why is the Professor so tired after his trip with Rosamond? How does Rosamond take advantage of her father?

7. What did Lillian's income mean to the family as the years went by?

8. When the Professor becomes re-acquainted with his childhood self, what does he think of his adult life?

9. How did Outland affect the outcome of the Spanish Adventurers' novels?

10. How does Outland react when he hears that Blake has sold the ancient objects from the ruins?

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