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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the commune going to be located?
(a) Milton, NY
(b) Staten Island
(c) San Francisco
(d) North San Juan, four miles north of Nevada City

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

3. What does Frank tell Susan he misses the most?
(a) Her cooking since they hired a camp cook
(b) When they used to ride away alone and she would draw him
(c) Her stories
(d) Pricey

4. What is unusual about Ellen's visit?
(a) She arrived in a chauffer driven car
(b) She has not aged
(c) It did not really happen, it was a dream that Lyman dreamed
(d) She brought food with her

5. Who is watching the ballgame with Lyman when Ellen appears?
(a) Al, Shelley, Ed and Ada
(b) Pricey and Frank
(c) Ollie, Agnes and Betsy
(d) Oliver, Susan, and Ollie

6. Who is Emelita?
(a) Don Gustavo's sister-in-law and housekeeper
(b) Don Gustavo's pet dog
(c) Oliver's mother
(d) Susan's sister

7. What does Susan ask of Oliver that he cannot give her?
(a) Stop drinking
(b) Stop riding horses
(c) Stop being an engineer
(d) Stop smoking

8. What does Susan like about the Boise Canyon?
(a) The dust and wind
(b) The people in the town
(c) The beauty, the birds and the quiet
(d) The shopping

9. Of what does Susan accuse Oliver?
(a) Fighting in bars
(b) Damaging her artwork
(c) Trusting the wrong people and trusting too much
(d) Stealing money

10. Why is Susan upset with Oliver?
(a) He forgot to bring her a present
(b) He brought another elk head with him
(c) He has taken on an irrigation project instead of a mining job and did not tell her
(d) He was late arriving from Boise

11. What is the name of the mine in Boise where Oliver is working while Susan is home in Milton?
(a) The Adelaide
(b) The Wolf's Tooth
(c) The Alexandria
(d) #47

12. How does Oliver look in the procession of people headed to the mine for inspection?
(a) Like an Indian
(b) Out of place in his Colorado gear, while eveyrone else is dressed in splendor
(c) Like an eastern gentleman
(d) Like a prince

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

14. 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

15. How does Susan occupy her time during the years the Wards are waiting for financial backing on the irrigation project?
(a) Sewing quilts and selling them in Boise
(b) Writing novels and continuing her illustrations for books and magazines
(c) Doing portraits for money
(d) Teaching the town children

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Susan finally reunited with after Mexico?

2. What religion is Susan Ward?

3. What is the next mining job for Oliver?

4. What does Frank do in an attempt to right matters concerning the jumped claims?

5. What does Susan discover about her husband one night as he returns from meetings with potential backers in Boise?

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