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Angle of Repose Quiz

Wallace Stegner
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Angle of Repose Quiz

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1)

Who is Rodman? (from Book 3, Chapter 7 | Book 4, Chapter 1)

Rodman is Lyman's uncle
Rodman is an old boyfriend of Shelley
Rodman is a friend of Larry's
Rodman Ward is Lyman's only child, and is a professor at Berkeley
2)

What happened to Frank Sargeant? (from Book 8, Chapter 7)

He married Nellie
He shot himself in the head
He ran off with Agnes
He ran off with Susan
3)

Who is Pricey? (from Book 4, Chapter 4 | Book 4, Chapter 5)

Oliver's clerk from England
Susan's horse
Susan's pet name for her wagon
The gardener
4)

Who is Frank Sargeant? (from Book 4, Chapter 2 | Book 4, Chapter 3)

Susan's editor
Oliver's boss
Ollie's childhood friend
Oliver's assistant in Leadville and becomes a longtime family friend
5)

When Susan returns home to Milton to spend the winter and get Ollie, what project does she begin? (from Book 4, Chapter 6 | Book 4, Chapter 7)

Studying Spanish
Writing her memoirs
Writing a book about her grandparents
Cleaning the storeroom and attic
6)

Who is Don Gustavo? (from Book 5, Chapter 2 | Book 5, Chapter 3)

Emelita's husband
The host for the Ward visit, and a principal in the mine where Oliver is considering being employed
The name of the horse Susan rides in Mexico
The name of the town
7)

What happened to Agnes? (from Book 8, Chapter 7)

She got pregnant by Frank Sargeant and left town
She became a teacher
She got married
She drowned
8)

How does the author tell the reader about Susan and Oliver's life after the irrigation project failed? (from Book 9, Chapter 1)

Another letter from Susan to Augusta
Newspaper clippings about San Francisco
Lyman tells Ellen the rest of the story
Lyman writes a poem
9)

Susan says the trip to Mexico was to her, like a trip to two Old World cities - which ones? (from Book 4, Chapter 10 | Book 5, Chapter 1)

Boston and New York
Istanbul and Madrid
London and Berlin
Paris and Rome
10)

What is the age difference between Susan and Frank (from Book 4, Chapter 4 | Book 4, Chapter 5)

Susan is 15 years younger than Frank
Frank is 9 years older than Susan
Susan is 9 years older than Frank
They are the same age
11)

Lyman is thinking about his wife in this chapter. What is her name? (from Book 7, Chapter 6 | Book 7, Chapter 7)

Susan
Ada
Lizzie
Ellen
12)

What task has Oliver given to Susan while he is gone? (from Book 5, Chapter 4 | Book 5, Chapter 5)

To find a house if he decides to take the job
To buy some pots
To spy on Emelita
To write to her family for money
13)

What does the conversation between Lyman and Shelley become after the writing suggestions? (from Book 4, Chapter 6 | Book 4, Chapter 7)

An argument about what to have for dinner
A conversation about the difference of victorian era sexual attitudes and those of 1970 hippies.
A conversation about television
The beginning of an affair between Lyman and Shelley
14)

Where does Susan send Agnes and Betsy so she and Oliver can talk? (from Book 8, Chapter 4)

To their lessons with Nellie
To watch tv
To their rooms
To play in the canyon
15)

What happened on the day Susan first arrived in Leadville? (from Book 4, Chapter 2 | Book 4, Chapter 3)

Frank got married
Colorado statehood was passed
Oliver got fired
Two men were hung in front of the courthouse
16)

What does Susan discover about her husband one night as he returns from meetings with potential backers in Boise? (from Book 7, Chapter 4 | Book 7, Chapter 5)

He has been drinking and is drunk
He does not know how to read
He has been hiding money from her
He has another woman
17)

What is Susan doing in this chapter just before Oliver returns home? (from Book 8, Chapter 4)

Drawing
cleaning house
sleeping
cooking
18)

What does Susan like about the Boise Canyon? (from Book 6, Chapter 2 | Book 7, Chapter 1)

The dust and wind
The people in the town
The beauty, the birds and the quiet
The shopping
19)

To what does Shelley compare the commune? (from Book 8, Chapter 6)

A native american tribe
Susan's home on the mesa in Boise Canyon
Thoreau's Walden
Living in San Francisco
20)

Who is watching the ballgame with Lyman when Ellen appears? (from Book 9, Chapter 1)

Oliver, Susan, and Ollie
Al, Shelley, Ed and Ada
Ollie, Agnes and Betsy
Pricey and Frank
21)

Who is Lyman's father? (from Book 4, Chapter 10 | Book 5, Chapter 1)

Pricey
Frank
Oliver
Ollie
22)

When does the Ward family get to move into their new house? (from Book 7, Chapter 2 | Book 7, Chapter 3)

Christmas Eve
April 15th
New Years Day
Labor Day
23)

How does Susan occupy her time while Oliver and the others are inspecting the mine? (from Book 5, Chapter 4 | Book 5, Chapter 5)

She watches television
She takes long rides in the country
She works on her illustrations and writing
She assists Emelita in cleaning the house
24)

What are the names of the Ward children? (from Book 7, Chapter 4 | Book 7, Chapter 5)

Rodman, Ollie and Susan
Ollie, Nellie and Elliott
Ollie, Betsy and Agnes
Susan, Betsy and Bessie
25)

Why doesn't Ollie come with Susan to Leadville? (from Book 4, Chapter 2 | Book 4, Chapter 3)

He has taken ill and needs to recover
Her parents have kidnapped him
He has refused to come see his father
Augusta has asked to keep him
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