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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The Professor, Chapter 3-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Professor and Outland plan to travel for their third trip?
(a) To Mexico.
(b) To Ireland.
(c) Paris.
(d) To China.

2. When the Professor takes the letters written to him from his wife and son-in-law to the beach, what does he end up doing with them?
(a) He drops them in the water.
(b) Nothing. He does not read them.
(c) He reads them over and over again.
(d) He replies to them.

3. Why did the Professor grow up Methodist and not Catholic?
(a) There was no Catholic church in the town where he grew up.
(b) There were no Catholics in Kansas.
(c) His mother gave up the Catholic religion.
(d) His father insisted.

4. How does Outland describe the people who work in Washington?
(a) Like too many mice in a cage.
(b) Men and women using their brains and not their backs.
(c) Hundreds of little black-coated men pouring out of white buildings.
(d) Free from everyday hard labor.

5. Who is the Professor's professional rival and enemy?
(a) Professor Horace Langtry.
(b) Dr. Crane.
(c) Outland.
(d) Louie.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Outland's diary, where is the poker game going on in town?

2. What happens in early November in the novel?

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

4. Who, according to Outland, made the best Indian pottery?

5. Whom does St. Peter continue to search for?

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