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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. Who is a good friend who supplied men and supplies for the Cliff City project?

2. What does the Professor wish to work on during his summer alone?

3. What is one of the biggest cattle companies in New Mexico?

4. Where did the Professor and Outland plan to travel for their third trip?

5. Where had Blake bought a ticket to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the Professor so tired after his trip with Rosamond? How does Rosamond take advantage of her father?

2. How do Outland and his men keep records as they excavate the ancient Cliff City?

3. What is the work history of Henry Atkins?

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

5. What was Blake's personality like? How did this affect how others viewed him?

6. What is Blake's mistake about money in the end?

7. When Outland lunches with the Director at the Smithsonian, what surprises him?

8. What were the invaders like in ancient times?

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

10. What does Outland find in the mesa?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the Professor's advice to Mrs. Crane? Why does he advise her in the way that he does? Do you think he is concerned with Mrs. Crane or his own family? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Did the Professor try to commit suicide?

Essay Topic 3

How does the change of narrator mid-way through the novel change the novel? What does it add to the novel? What does it take away?

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