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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Frank do in an attempt to right matters concerning the jumped claims?
(a) He tries to borrow money from Augusta
(b) He talks to the governor
(c) He files a lawsuit
(d) He asks Burns to sell the Wards back one of the claims

2. Susan is distressed about leaving and encourages her husband to do what?
(a) Find another job in Mexico
(b) Return to the USA without her
(c) Hire Emelita for her maid
(d) Turn in a positive report rather than tell the truth about the mine

3. How did Oliver know someone had come to see Susan while he and the children were gone?
(a) Oliver had come back early and seen them
(b) Oliver could smell smoke from a cigarette
(c) Nellie had told Oliver someone was there
(d) Frank left his gloves on the rail

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

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

6. Why does the Ward family have to move from Boise into the canyon?
(a) It is closer to Oliver's work
(b) Oliver wants to build a church
(c) The family is shunned from Boise
(d) Their financial backers have pulled out support.

7. Who is Susan finally reunited with after Mexico?
(a) Mrs. Elliott
(b) Augusta and Thomas Hudson
(c) Frank Sargeant
(d) Lizzie

8. What job offer does Oliver finally take?
(a) Accompanying John Wesley Powell in the Geographical Survey
(b) Hunting guide for Teddy Roosevelt
(c) Superintendent of the New Almaden Mine
(d) Teacher in Boise

9. What is Lyman's main concern at this point
(a) He is losing interest in his book
(b) He is too attracted to Shelley
(c) He has been drinking too much in the past two weeks
(d) He is worried about money

10. How did Ollie almost lose his life in the canyon?
(a) He got lost in the plains
(b) He slipped on a bridge and almost went into the swift, cold river
(c) He was bitten by a snake
(d) He fell off his horse

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

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

13. Who has returned to the canyon to help with the new efforts on the irrigation scheme?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Elliott
(b) Don Gustavo, Emelito
(c) Thomas Hudson, Frank, and Lizzie
(d) Frank, John, Wiley and the cook Wan

14. To what does Shelley compare the commune?
(a) Susan's home on the mesa in Boise Canyon
(b) Thoreau's Walden
(c) Living in San Francisco
(d) A native american tribe

15. What observations does Shelley share with Lyman about his grandfather?
(a) Everyone in Grass Valley knew Oliver was an alcoholic
(b) Oliver was not in love with Susan
(c) Oliver had borrowed money from eveyrone
(d) Oliver was not a nice person

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Susan doing in this chapter just before Oliver returns home?

2. Who joins the Wards in the irrigation project as an employee?

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

4. What does Susan intend to do when she returns to the East Coast after Frank's death?

5. Who visits Susan alone at the ranch while her family is out watching the fireworks?

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