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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Ollie's benefactor at St. Paul's?
(a) Dr. Rhinelander
(b) Rodman
(c) Thomas Hudson
(d) Lizzie

3. How old is Shelley in this chapter?
(a) 20
(b) 15
(c) 60
(d) 35

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. 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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Ollie almost lose his life in the canyon?

2. What surprise does Oliver have for Susan?

3. What does Augusta ask Susan about Frank?

4. When Lyman's mother dies, who takes responsibility for his education?

5. Where does Susan take the children when she and Oliver separate this time?

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