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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Don Gustavo?
(a) The name of the town
(b) Emelita's husband
(c) The name of the horse Susan rides in Mexico
(d) The host for the Ward visit, and a principal in the mine where Oliver is considering being employed

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Susan upset with Oliver?

2. What does Augusta ask Susan about Frank?

3. What does Susan do instead?

4. Of what does Oliver accuse Susan?

5. What does Susan intend to do when she returns to the East Coast after Frank's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Oliver and Susan are in serious disagreement when he comes to New York - why?

2. Why doesn't Susan leave with Frank?

3. What is the underlying message to Augusta in Susan's letter from Mexico?

4. In this chapter, how does Susan's relationship with Frank Sargeant change?

5. Why does the author end the story with Lyman's thoughts?

6. What is Susan's attitude towards Oliver when she returns to New York and is with her friends?

7. Why does Frank commit suicide?

8. How does this chapter highlight the differences in approach to life by Oliver and Susan?

9. In this chapter, Lyman describes some of the resources he uses to recreate the life of his Grandmother Susan Ward. Describe them.

10. How does Shelley's reading of the manifesto bring the reader back to the present day of Lyman's 1970?

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