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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. Whom does the Indian Commissioner think Outland should see about Cliff City?

2. What is the Professor's biggest regret about not going on the third trip with Outland?

3. Whom does Outland want to visit Cliff City?

4. What is Virginia Ward's advice for Outland?

5. What does Outland do with the objects he finds in Cliff City?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the invaders like in ancient times?

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

3. Why do the cattle bolt from the mesa? What causes them to do this?

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

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

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

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

8. What does Outland find in the mesa?

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

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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the signs of wealth and class described in the novel. How are wealth and class viewed by the characters in the novel? What do you think is the prevailing attitude?

Essay Topic 3

In the end, what was the importance of the mesa for Outland? What did Outland find in his own soul that connected him to the mesa? Explain.

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