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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In this book, to what does the Angle of Repose refer?
(a) The pitch at which a stair should be constructed
(b) The angle at which a man and woman finally lie down.
(c) The feeling just before you pass away
(d) The name of a cemetary

2. What is their cook's name?
(a) Julia Child
(b) Robert Mancel
(c) Charley Wan
(d) Hop Sing

3. What does Susan discover about her husband one night as he returns from meetings with potential backers in Boise?
(a) He does not know how to read
(b) He has another woman
(c) He has been drinking and is drunk
(d) He has been hiding money from her

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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

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

11. Who is Lyman's father?
(a) Ollie
(b) Frank
(c) Oliver
(d) Pricey

12. What does Susan do instead?
(a) Stops writing and illustrating
(b) Moves in with Augusta
(c) Takes a steamer to China
(d) Returns to Boise

13. How did Lyman first hear of Susan and Oliver's time in Mexico?
(a) He was doing a school project about Mexico and his grandmother told him the story.
(b) He read it in a letter from Susan to Augusta
(c) His mother told him
(d) It was in a newspaper clipping

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What observations does Shelley share with Lyman about his grandfather?

2. How old is Shelley in this chapter?

3. Why does Oliver begin looking for another job?

4. What is Lyman's main concern at this point

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

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