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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. What had Henry done before he worked for Sitwell?

2. What color is the water in the natural springs in the mesa?

3. What does Henry call the objects found in Cliff City?

4. What did Scott do that hurts Louie's feelings when he finds out?

5. Where does Blake lodge?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Outland think about after he finds Cliff City?

2. When the Professor becomes re-acquainted with his childhood self, what does he think of his adult life?

3. What did Lillian's income mean to the family as the years went by?

4. What was Blake's hobby? What did he read about?

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

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

7. When the Professor thinks about Euripides, he thinks that maybe he lived in a cave because he had observed women so closely all his life. What does the Professor mean by this?

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

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

10. What was the protocol for men coming in from working on the railroad? What did Rodney Blake do? How did others view his appearance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Lillian mean when she says, "The Oriental peoples didn't have an Age of Chivalry. They didn't need one?"

Essay Topic 2

What memories of Paris stand out for the Professor and why? Why are the memories so painful to him? How can he overcome the pain?

Essay Topic 3

Why did the Father believe the cliff dwellers were super-human? Give examples from the novel to support Father Duchêne's beliefs.

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