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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the purpose of Oliver's visit to the Michoacan mine
(a) To become a citizen of Mexico
(b) To buy property
(c) To locate a missing engineer
(d) To determine whether reports of a rich vein of silver is true

2. Why does Oliver begin looking for another job?
(a) He is bored with his present job
(b) He has been fired
(c) A lawsuit has stopped all work on the mine he has been working
(d) The company he is working for has no insurance

3. How old is Shelley in this chapter?
(a) 60
(b) 15
(c) 35
(d) 20

4. What is Frank's "incurable disease"?
(a) Indigestion
(b) Cancer
(c) His love for Susan
(d) Malaria

5. What has happened to the irrigation project?
(a) It has been taken over by the government
(b) The financial backing has stopped again
(c) It was engineered incorrectly
(d) It is succeeding beyond expectations

6. When does the Ward family get to move into their new house?
(a) April 15th
(b) Labor Day
(c) New Years Day
(d) Christmas Eve

7. Who is Don Gustavo?
(a) The host for the Ward visit, and a principal in the mine where Oliver is considering being employed
(b) The name of the horse Susan rides in Mexico
(c) The name of the town
(d) Emelita's husband

8. What does Frank tell Susan before he leaves the canyon?
(a) He is marrying Nellie
(b) He is leaving her all of his money
(c) He is not coming back
(d) He is still in love with her and cannot bear to see her pregnant again with Oliver's child

9. What does Shelley ask Lyman?
(a) If she should go back with Larry and live in the commune
(b) If he will marry her
(c) If he is interested in her mother
(d) If he will loan her money

10. What memory does Susan reflect upon as she and Oliver prepare to leave Mexico?
(a) Her wedding night
(b) Her last meeting with Augusta
(c) Her last conversation with Frank Sargeant when he confesses his love for her
(d) A childhood day of play

11. Lyman is thinking about his wife in this chapter. What is her name?
(a) Ada
(b) Lizzie
(c) Susan
(d) Ellen

12. What news does Oliver have when he returns to Don Gustavo's house after seeing the mine?
(a) Don Gustavo fell off his horse
(b) The other men laughed at his clothes
(c) There is no money to be made in the mine and the early reports were incorrect.
(d) The mine is full of silver

13. Susan says the trip to Mexico was to her, like a trip to two Old World cities - which ones?
(a) Istanbul and Madrid
(b) London and Berlin
(c) Paris and Rome
(d) Boston and New York

14. Who visits Susan alone at the ranch while her family is out watching the fireworks?
(a) Augusta
(b) Mrs. Elliott
(c) Nellie
(d) Frank Sargeant

15. Susan is searching Oliver's eyes to see if he is still drinking. What is Oliver looking for in Susan's eyes?
(a) Cataracts
(b) Feelings for Frank Sargeant
(c) To see if she is still in love with him
(d) Resentment about the new house

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Ollie almost lose his life in the canyon?

2. What is the proposition made to her that night?

3. As the irrigation project becomes less and less of a reality, Susan writes and illustrates more. What does Oliver do to relieve his frustration?

4. Where did Shelley get the manifesto?

5. Why is Susan upset with Oliver?

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