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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. Where does Blake lodge?
(a) With his dad.
(b) With the Rogers family.
(c) With Ruby, the owner of the saloon.
(d) With an old Mexican woman.

2. What does Outland find in the irrigation main in the mesa?
(a) Arrowheads.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Pieces of pottery.
(d) Snakes.

3. What does Outland think of the people he stays with in Washington?
(a) They are very good cooks.
(b) They seem very down-to-earth.
(c) They spend their lives trying to kepp up appearances.
(d) They are odd, but nice.

4. What is the Professor's biggest regret about not going on the third trip with Outland?
(a) He wanted to find the young girl he tried to give flowers to.
(b) He wanted to visit his foster family.
(c) He wanted to see the Eifel Tower with him.
(d) He wanted to see the Luxembourg Gardens with him.

5. When Scott gets on the Blue Bird Express, whom does he encounter?
(a) The Professor.
(b) Rosamond.
(c) Blake.
(d) Lillian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the water in the natural springs in the mesa?

2. In the end, how does the Professor feel about his life?

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

4. What eastern city was Lillian surprised to find out that Outland had been to?

5. After Outland recovers from pneumonia, how does Blake divide the chores?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What were the invaders like in ancient times?

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

6. According to the Professor, when did he change from the young Kansas boy to the mature adult?

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

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

9. What does Outland find in the mesa?

10. 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?

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