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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 do the men find in the Eagle's Nest?
(a) Seeds.
(b) A body.
(c) Tanning tools.
(d) Pots and pans.

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

3. Why is the young Frenchman in Washington at the same time as Outland?
(a) To see the sights and speak before Congress.
(b) To conduct business concerning the International Exposition.
(c) To meet the President and attend a dinner at the White House.
(d) To visit a senator at the Capitol.

4. Whom does the Representative from Outland's district think he should see about Cliff City?
(a) His Congressman.
(b) The Indian Commission.
(c) The President.
(d) His Senator.

5. When the Professor's family leaves on their trip abroad, what does the Professor do?
(a) He returns clothes to the old house and just lives there.
(b) He swims every day.
(c) He tears out the garden.
(d) He moves his office to the new house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Sitwell winter camp?

2. How many people did Henry have in his family?

3. Where had Blake bought a ticket to?

4. What does Outland have to clean up after the German man leaves the mesa?

5. Where does Blake lodge?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. How did Outland affect the outcome of the Spanish Adventurers' novels?

5. According to the Professor, when did he change from the young Kansas boy to the mature adult?

6. As the story shifts to Tom Outland's story, who is the narrator? How does this affect the story?

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

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

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

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

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