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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. When Outland arrives in Washington, where does he get off the train?
(a) Near the White House.
(b) Next to the Lincoln Memorial.
(c) In front of the Vietnam Wall.
(d) Behind the Capitol building.

2. What is Virginia Ward's advice for Outland?
(a) Keep quiet and listen.
(b) Talk to the Indian Bureau because they have all the power anyway.
(c) Ask people to lunch where all business is done.
(d) Stay with her and her mother until he could reach somebody.

3. What does Outland do with the objects he finds in Cliff City?
(a) He numbers them and stores them in the cabin.
(b) He transports them by mule to the nearest town.
(c) He gives them to the Mexican woman Blake rooms with.
(d) He dusts them off and puts them in large canvas bags.

4. What eastern city was Lillian surprised to find out that Outland had been to?
(a) Washington.
(b) Miami.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York.

5. Where does the Professor travel first with Outland?
(a) To the Blue Mesa.
(b) To Canada.
(c) To Europe.
(d) To Bermuda.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men call the discovery they find in Eagle's Nest?

2. Who is a good friend who supplied men and supplies for the Cliff City project?

3. What year was Outland in school when Lillian began to be jealous of him?

4. Where do Outland and Blake go to join their cattle for the first time?

5. What happens to Blake after he tells Outland about selling the objects from Cliff City?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Outland and his men keep records as they excavate the ancient Cliff City?

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

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

4. When the Professor thinks about Euripides, he thinks that maybe he lived in a cave because he had observed women so closely all his life. What does the Professor mean by this?

5. What is the work history of Henry Atkins?

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

7. How does the mesa "come together" for Outland on his return from Washington?

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

9. As the story shifts to Tom Outland's story, who is the narrator? How does this affect the story?

10. What was the protocol for men coming in from working on the railroad? What did Rodney Blake do? How did others view his appearance?

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