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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What religion is Susan Ward?
(a) Quaker
(b) Lutheran
(c) Catholic
(d) Atheist

6. Who visits Susan alone at the ranch while her family is out watching the fireworks?
(a) Augusta
(b) Mrs. Elliott
(c) Frank Sargeant
(d) Nellie

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

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

9. When Lyman's mother dies, who takes responsibility for his education?
(a) Pricey
(b) Frank Sargeant
(c) His grandmother, Susan Ward
(d) The state of Colorado

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

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

12. 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 could smell smoke from a cigarette
(c) Oliver had come back early and seen them
(d) Frank left his gloves on the rail

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

14. Where do Oliver, Susan and their traveling party stay on their trip leaving Mexico?
(a) In caves
(b) They ride straight through, sleeping while riding
(c) In a tent
(d) At huge mansions along the way, courtesy of Don Gustavo

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What observations does Shelley share with Lyman about his grandfather?

3. How does Susan occupy her time during the years the Wards are waiting for financial backing on the irrigation project?

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

5. Why is Susan upset with Oliver?

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