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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what place is Louie going to give his wife her new jewels?

2. How many evenings a week does the Professor go out with his wife?

3. What does Dr. Crane use in the lab to light his work in the evening?

4. How many volumes of history did the Professor write?

5. What does Kathleen notice in her father's study that belonged to Outland?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Crane mean when she says, "There are some things the law doesn't cover?" How much did Crane help Outland?

2. What is the professor's answer to Scott when he expresses concern about Louie naming his new home "Outland"?

3. What kind of games did Outland play with the girls?

4. Why did Lillian refuse to help Augusta out of her financial problems?

5. How does the Professor feel about Lillian's relationships with her sons-in-law?

6. Why does the Professor discuss the Cranes with his daughter Rosamond? What is going on between the Cranes and Louie? How does the mention of this name get Rosamond to leve him alone?

7. Would Lillian have been happy with Tom Outland as her son-in-law? Why?

8. What about Lillian's opinions bother the Professor?

9. How does Louie describe the country house they are building? What impression does this give the reader about Louie and Rosamond?

10. Who is Louie and Rosamond's house named after? Why is this such a shock to the family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of travel in the novel to all? What is the value that is received from traveling? What does it mean to each character? Is it a way to make memories or collect objects?

Essay Topic 2

What two personalities does Tom Outland have? What is the difference between the real Outland and the one in every one's memory?

Essay Topic 3

How does the change of narrator mid-way through the novel change the novel? What does it add to the novel? What does it take away?

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