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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. How much money does Augusta lose?

2. What jewels are being given to Rosamond by her husband?

3. What happens in early November in the novel?

4. What kind of car do Louie and Rosamond have?

5. What kind of property does the Professor own at the lake?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is the lake so important to the Professor? What does it have to do with his childhood?

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

4. How does the rivalry between Scott and Louie play out with Louie's entrance to Arts and Letters?

5. Why does it surprise the Professor that his daughter, Kathleen, does not find herself remarkable? Does he feel that she has wasted her life? How?

6. Why does Mrs. Crane feel that she is entitled to some of Outland's money?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did the Father believe the cliff dwellers were super-human? Give examples from the novel to support Father Duchêne's beliefs.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What is the significance of the garden? Why is it important that it is walled? What is the space to the Professor? How does he use it?

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