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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of property does the Professor own at the lake?
(a) A treed lot with a cabin.
(b) A triangle waterfront with a bath-house.
(c) A boat dock and a small strip of land.
(d) He does not own anything on the lake.

2. What does Scott write?
(a) Obituaries.
(b) Novels.
(c) Editorials and jingles.
(d) Feature stories.

3. What kind of gem did Outland give to the Professor's girls?
(a) Ruby.
(b) Emerald.
(c) Turquoise.
(d) Diamond.

4. Whom did the Professor live with at Versailles?
(a) The Wainwrights.
(b) The Thomases.
(c) The Georges.
(d) The Thieraults.

5. What jewels are being given to Rosamond by her husband?
(a) Emeralds.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Pearls.
(d) Rubies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mrs. St Peter think the pot that Outland gave her should reside?

2. How much money does Augusta lose?

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

4. What does Kathleen notice in her father's study that belonged to Outland?

5. What does Rosamond want to build for her father?

Short Essay Questions

1. How might Outland sound imaginary to readers?

2. Why does the Professor discuss the Cranes with his daughter Rosamond? What is going on between the Cranes and Louie? How does the mention of this name get Rosamond to leve him alone?

3. Why does the Professor meet Mrs. Crane in his study? Why is this awkward?

4. What kind of personality does the study have? What are the study and house to the Professor?

5. How does the Professor see his wife and daughters? How does he describe them? Is it a flattering description?

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

7. What is the significance of Louie saying that it is Scott who does not like his dinners?

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

9. What happened to the girl from the charity school when the Professor tried to give her flowers? What is the significance of this moment?

10. Describe the garden at the Professor's former house. Why is this unusual?

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