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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 Outland do when he stays out on the mesa alone after his trip to Washington?
(a) He records all the objects left over and catalogues them.
(b) He improves his Spanish and reads the 12 books of the Aeneid.
(c) He sleeps and rests until his health returns.
(d) He listens to music and writes poetry.

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 told Lillian that she should cook his favorite meal.
(c) He went swimming without him.
(d) He blackballed him for Arts and letters.

3. In the end, how does the Professor feel about his life?
(a) The memories make him happy.
(b) He sees a new beginning.
(c) He is indifferent to it.
(d) He is saddened by it.

4. When Outland returns from Washington, how long does he stay out on the mesa?
(a) Until the spring.
(b) Until November.
(c) Until the next snows.
(d) Until the following summer

5. How much did Lillian inherit from her father?
(a) $1600 a month.
(b) $16 a month.
(c) $16,000 a year.
(d) About $1600 a year.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Professor accompany his daughter to Chicago for the second trip?

2. What does Henry think of the bag of tools they find in Cliff City?

3. Whom does the Representative from Outland's district think he should see about Cliff City?

4. What does Outland know when he makes his discovery in the mesa?

5. Where does Blake put the bills that he won in the poker game?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Outland find in the mesa?

6. 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?

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

8. What is life like after Henry comes to stay and work with Blake and Outland?

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

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

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