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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the Professor at the end of the novel?
(a) 72.
(b) 82.
(c) 52.
(d) 62.

2. Who is the director of the Smithsonian?
(a) Dr. Redpath.
(b) Dr. Stonefield.
(c) Dr. Ripley.
(d) Dr. Gray.

3. Whom does Outland want to visit Cliff City?
(a) A junkman.
(b) An educator.
(c) An archaeologist.
(d) A scientist.

4. Who is a good friend who supplied men and supplies for the Cliff City project?
(a) Sitwell.
(b) Bill Hook.
(c) Blake.
(d) Henry.

5. Who buys all the ancient objects excavated from Cliff City from Blake?
(a) A German man.
(b) A Russian soldier.
(c) A Mexican man from Taxco.
(d) A Canadian woman who was staying with family.

6. Why does the Professor NOT prepare for the fall school term?
(a) He does not need to prepare; he has taught the same course so many times.
(b) He is tired and believes he is sick.
(c) He does not feel he will be alive long enough to see it.
(d) He wants to spend the extra time in his garden.

7. When the cows get near the mesa, what do they do?
(a) They lay down.
(b) They bolt.
(c) They want water.
(d) They group together and will not move.

8. After Outland recovers from pneumonia, how does Blake divide the chores?
(a) Blake makes the horses work.
(b) A pack-mule pulls the heavy loads.
(c) Outland does all the heavy lifting.
(d) Blake does all the heavy chores.

9. What is the Professor's real first name?
(a) George.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) Gaylord.
(d) Lawrence.

10. Whom does the Indian Commissioner think Outland should see about Cliff City?
(a) The Smithsonian Institution.
(b) His Senator.
(c) The President.
(d) The Indian Commission.

11. Where had Blake bought a ticket to?
(a) Hastings, Nebraska.
(b) Pikes Peak, Colorado.
(c) St. Louis, Missouri.
(d) Winslow, Arizona.

12. What is one of the biggest cattle companies in New Mexico?
(a) The Rio Grande Cattle Company.
(b) The Blue Mesa Cattle Company.
(c) The Rogers Cattle Company.
(d) The Sitwell Cattle Company.

13. Where do Outland and Blake go to join their cattle for the first time?
(a) By the Colorado River.
(b) By the Blue Mesa.
(c) Over the plains to Durango.
(d) Up the river to the mountains.

14. When Outland goes to Europe with Father Duchêne, which ship do they sail on?
(a) The Queen Mary.
(b) The Rotterdam.
(c) The Mesopotamia.
(d) The Rochambeau.

15. Where is the cabin that Outland and Blake live in while working for Sitwell?
(a) 30 yards from the Cruzados River.
(b) Just outside of town.
(c) At the front of the valley.
(d) At the edge of the mountains.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does a person need to get into the poker game?

2. What does Outland think of the people who built his discovery?

3. How does Outland try to find Blake?

4. What does Outland need to find to make his explorations easier?

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

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