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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. When Blake passes out after the poker game, where does the gold lie?

2. How does Outland get to the other side of the river to get to the mesa?

3. When Scott gets on the Blue Bird Express, whom does he encounter?

4. What is the Professor's real first name?

5. What color is the water in the natural springs in the mesa?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the work history of Henry Atkins?

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

3. What does Outland find in the mesa?

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

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

6. What was Blake's hobby? What did he read about?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Did the Professor try to commit suicide?

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

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?

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