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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) Turn in a positive report rather than tell the truth about the mine
(d) Hire Emelita for her maid

4. Why is Susan upset with Oliver?
(a) He forgot to bring her a present
(b) He has taken on an irrigation project instead of a mining job and did not tell her
(c) He was late arriving from Boise
(d) He brought another elk head with him

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

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

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

8. What happened to Frank Sargeant?
(a) He ran off with Susan
(b) He ran off with Agnes
(c) He married Nellie
(d) He shot himself in the head

9. What does Susan tell Augusta and Thomas that she has not told her husband yet?
(a) She has sold a book
(b) She has sold his elk head
(c) She is carrying their second child
(d) She is getting divorced

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

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

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

13. What news does Oliver have when he returns to Don Gustavo's house after seeing the mine?
(a) The mine is full of silver
(b) The other men laughed at his clothes
(c) There is no money to be made in the mine and the early reports were incorrect.
(d) Don Gustavo fell off his horse

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

15. Where does Frank touch Susan that makes her yearn for him?
(a) Her hand
(b) Her shoulder
(c) Her bare foot
(d) Her hair

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frank tell Susan he misses the most?

2. Of what does Susan accuse Oliver?

3. Susan says the trip to Mexico was to her, like a trip to two Old World cities - which ones?

4. Why does Oliver begin looking for another job?

5. How old is Ollie when he is first sent away to school?

(see the answer keys)

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