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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. What does Susan discover about her husband one night as he returns from meetings with potential backers in Boise?
(a) He has been hiding money from her
(b) He has another woman
(c) He does not know how to read
(d) He has been drinking and is drunk

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

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

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

5. What happened to Agnes?
(a) She drowned
(b) She got pregnant by Frank Sargeant and left town
(c) She got married
(d) She became a teacher

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Don Gustavo?

2. What does Susan tell Augusta and Thomas that she has not told her husband yet?

3. What is Frank's "incurable disease"?

4. What is unusual about Ellen's visit?

5. Of what does Susan accuse Oliver?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Oliver try to make a home welcome for Susan when the two of them are reunited in Idaho?

2. Why is the job offer from US Geological Survey a mixed blessing?

3. What is the theme of this chapter?

4. Why does Lyman feel more depressed than interested at this point in his writing work ?

5. Why doesn't Susan leave with Frank?

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

7. What is Susan's impression of Mexico?

8. What is the tone of Susan's letter to Augusta in this chapter?

9. What is Susan's attitude about Idaho?

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

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