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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Augusta ask Susan about Frank?
(a) If he can write for them
(b) If he is a good horseman
(c) If he can draw
(d) If Susan is in love with him

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

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

6. To what does Shelley compare the commune?
(a) Thoreau's Walden
(b) A native american tribe
(c) Susan's home on the mesa in Boise Canyon
(d) Living in San Francisco

7. Who is watching the ballgame with Lyman when Ellen appears?
(a) Ollie, Agnes and Betsy
(b) Al, Shelley, Ed and Ada
(c) Oliver, Susan, and Ollie
(d) Pricey and Frank

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

9. When does the Ward family get to move into their new house?
(a) New Years Day
(b) Labor Day
(c) Christmas Eve
(d) April 15th

10. What surprise does Oliver have for Susan?
(a) He has bought her some flowers
(b) He has learned a new language
(c) He has brought her family from MIlton
(d) He has built her a house on the mesa

11. Where does Susan send Agnes and Betsy so she and Oliver can talk?
(a) To their rooms
(b) To play in the canyon
(c) To watch tv
(d) To their lessons with Nellie

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Agnes?

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

3. Where does Frank touch Susan that makes her yearn for him?

4. Where did Shelley get the manifesto?

5. What brings her back to the canyon in Idaho?

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