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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Frank tell Susan he misses the most?
(a) Her cooking since they hired a camp cook
(b) When they used to ride away alone and she would draw him
(c) Pricey
(d) Her stories

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

3. How is this project funded?
(a) From Susan's earnings as a writer and illustrator
(b) They get a grant from the government
(c) They borrow the money from Frank's family
(d) The men find a rich vein of silver in a mine

4. What does Susan encourage Augusta and Thomas to do?
(a) Send her more money
(b) Make a homestead claim in the canyon
(c) Send her roses
(d) Buy shares in the irrigation project

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

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

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

8. 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

9. 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

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

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

12. Why does Oliver begin looking for another job?
(a) He has been fired
(b) A lawsuit has stopped all work on the mine he has been working
(c) The company he is working for has no insurance
(d) He is bored with his present job

13. Where is the commune going to be located?
(a) Staten Island
(b) Milton, NY
(c) North San Juan, four miles north of Nevada City
(d) San Francisco

14. Who joins the Wards in the irrigation project as an employee?
(a) Lizzie
(b) Frank Sargeant
(c) Pricey
(d) Mrs. Elliott

15. What is Susan doing in this chapter just before Oliver returns home?
(a) Drawing
(b) cooking
(c) sleeping
(d) cleaning house

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shelley ask Lyman?

2. Susan is searching Oliver's eyes to see if he is still drinking. What is Oliver looking for in Susan's eyes?

3. How does Susan occupy her time while Oliver and the others are inspecting the mine?

4. What does Frank tell Susan before he leaves the canyon?

5. What task has Oliver given to Susan while he is gone?

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