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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lyman do about his dream?
(a) Calls his wife and tells her
(b) Writes about it in a letter to Rodman
(c) Writes it down
(d) Records it on tape

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?
(a) Builds another house
(b) Learns another language
(c) Drinks heavily
(d) Finds another woman

3. Why is Oliver upset with Susan in this chapter?
(a) She is writing to Frank Sargeant
(b) She is seeing Thomas
(c) She is not writing
(d) She did not tell him about the baby until it had already been born

4. What does Susan intend to do when she returns to the East Coast after Frank's death?
(a) Marry Thomas Hudson
(b) Build a monument to Frank
(c) Go into business with Nellie
(d) Get an apartment in New York and continue her career

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

6. What is Susan's observation about the lives of Mexican women?
(a) They are all prisoners in the male-dominated society
(b) They spend all their time in school
(c) They are free to do what they like
(d) They are all ignorant

7. What does Lyman say is wisdom
(a) Graduating from high school
(b) Knowing what you have to accept.
(c) Knowing all the answers on Jeopardy
(d) Getting a degree

8. 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

9. Where does Susan take the children when she and Oliver separate this time?
(a) Milton, NY
(b) Santa Cruz, CA
(c) Augusta's home
(d) Victoria, British Columbia

10. What sort of paperwork does Shelley give Lyman to read?
(a) A letter from Shelley's mother
(b) Divorce papers
(c) A letter from Ellen Ward
(d) A manifesto prepared by Larry for a commune

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

12. Where does Susan send Ollie for his education?
(a) To Santa Cruz
(b) To St. Paul's, a school back east near Augusta and Thomas
(c) To Mexico
(d) To Boise High School

13. What is the proposition made to her that night?
(a) Nellie asks her to become a teacher and start a school
(b) Augusta asks her to run away with her
(c) Frank asks her to run away with him
(d) Mrs. Elliott asks her to buy the boardinghouse

14. 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

15. How does Susan perceive the move to Boise?
(a) A grand adventure
(b) A chance for her children to grow up in the West
(c) As going into exile
(d) An opportunity to write more

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Shelley in this chapter?

2. Susan is distressed about leaving and encourages her husband to do what?

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

4. What is the purpose of Oliver's visit to the Michoacan mine

5. What is their cook's name?

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