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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 before he leaves the canyon?
(a) He is marrying Nellie
(b) He is leaving her all of his money
(c) He is not coming back
(d) He is still in love with her and cannot bear to see her pregnant again with Oliver's child

2. 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) To see if she is still in love with him
(c) Cataracts
(d) Feelings for Frank Sargeant

3. Who is Nellie Linton?
(a) Susan's mother
(b) Augusta's nanny
(c) Lizzie's mother
(d) A teacher and nanny from England who lives with the Wards in the canyon

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

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

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

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

8. Susan says the trip to Mexico was to her, like a trip to two Old World cities - which ones?
(a) Istanbul and Madrid
(b) London and Berlin
(c) Paris and Rome
(d) Boston and New York

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

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

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

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

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

14. What is the next mining job for Oliver?
(a) Tunisia
(b) Michoacan, Mexico
(c) San Francisco CA
(d) Morroco

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what does Shelley compare the commune?

3. Who is Lyman's father?

4. What job offer does Oliver finally take?

5. Why is Susan upset with Oliver?

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