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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. To the Professor, what is so beautiful about Outland's accounts of the mesa?
(a) It is flowery.
(b) It is a plain account.
(c) It is vivid with colors.
(d) It is bold.

2. When does Outland want to go into the mesa and begin exploring with supplies?
(a) In November just as the first snow falls.
(b) In May, when their engagement with the Sitwell Company is terminated.
(c) In October, because it is so beautiful.
(d) In the summer.

3. Who is a good friend who supplied men and supplies for the Cliff City project?
(a) Sitwell.
(b) Bill Hook.
(c) Henry.
(d) Blake.

4. What kind of bedroom set does Rosamond want for her country house?
(a) American Arts and Crafts.
(b) German.
(c) Spanish.
(d) English.

5. What does Outland remember about thunderstorms in Cliff City?
(a) That they were so loud.
(b) That he was scared.
(c) That the rain never touched the village.
(d) That he could see the ghosts of Indians.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Outland arrives in Washington, where does he get off the train?

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

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

4. Where is the Sitwell winter camp?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Outland's group know that the ancient city had not been attacked by enemies?

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

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

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

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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