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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Oliver, Susan and their traveling party stay on their trip leaving Mexico?
(a) They ride straight through, sleeping while riding
(b) At huge mansions along the way, courtesy of Don Gustavo
(c) In caves
(d) In a tent

2. When Lyman's mother dies, who takes responsibility for his education?
(a) Frank Sargeant
(b) His grandmother, Susan Ward
(c) Pricey
(d) The state of Colorado

3. Who is Nellie Linton?
(a) Susan's mother
(b) Augusta's nanny
(c) A teacher and nanny from England who lives with the Wards in the canyon
(d) Lizzie's mother

4. Where did Shelley get the manifesto?
(a) Rodman sent it to her
(b) Lyman handed it to her
(c) Her boyfriend Larry gave it to her
(d) She found it in Ada's purse

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

6. Of what does Oliver accuse Susan?
(a) Stealing money
(b) Being a bad housewife
(c) Not having faith in him
(d) Sleeping with the cook

7. What brings her back to the canyon in Idaho?
(a) Frank has asked her to meet him there
(b) She runs out of money
(c) Oliver has found new backing for the irrigation project
(d) The town has asked her to return

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

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

10. Where does Susan send Agnes and Betsy so she and Oliver can talk?
(a) To their lessons with Nellie
(b) To their rooms
(c) To play in the canyon
(d) To watch tv

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

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

13. What is the conclusion of the discussion between Oliver and Susan in Mexico?
(a) They must stay in Mexico
(b) They cannot stay in Mexico and cannot go back to Leadville.
(c) The must return to New Almaden
(d) They must return to Santa Cruz

14. Who does Frank call on when he goes back east to visit his family?
(a) Susan's parents
(b) Susan's sister Bessie
(c) Pricey
(d) Augusta

15. What is Susan doing in this chapter just before Oliver returns home?
(a) cooking
(b) Drawing
(c) sleeping
(d) cleaning house

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Oliver have when he returns to Don Gustavo's house after seeing the mine?

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

3. How does Lyman's wife tell him she is leaving him for his surgeon?

4. What happened to Agnes?

5. In this book, to what does the Angle of Repose refer?

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