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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 mule die?
(a) It falls to the bottom of the canyon.
(b) It trips and breaks its leg.
(c) It dies in a dust storm.
(d) It is bitten by a snake.

2. Whom does Outland want to visit Cliff City?
(a) A junkman.
(b) An archaeologist.
(c) An educator.
(d) A scientist.

3. What had Henry done before he worked for Sitwell?
(a) He was a water boy on the railroad.
(b) He was a teacher.
(c) He herded cattle.
(d) He was a table steward on the Anchor Line.

4. In his summer alone, whom does the Professor get to know again?
(a) Scott.
(b) Tom Outland.
(c) His landlord.
(d) Himself as a young boy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the cows get near the mesa, what do they do?

2. To the Professor, what is so beautiful about Outland's accounts of the mesa?

3. What does the Professor wish to work on during his summer alone?

4. What does Outland do when he stays out on the mesa alone after his trip to Washington?

5. How much money does a person need to get into the poker game?

Short Essay Questions

1. Are the clerks at the Indian Commission in Washington truly interested in Cliff City?

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

3. What does Outland think about after he finds Cliff City?

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

5. What does the mesa come to mean for Outland?

6. What were the invaders like in ancient times?

7. What was Blake's hobby? What did he read about?

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

9. How does the Professor justify not going to Europe with his wife, daughter, and son-in-law? What is the real reason for not going?

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

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