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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Susan's observation about the lives of Mexican women?

2. What happened to Frank Sargeant?

3. What does Susan like about the Boise Canyon?

4. In this book, to what does the Angle of Repose refer?

5. What is the proposition made to her that night?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Oliver disappoint Susan and embarrass her to her family and friends?

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

4. Why does Frank commit suicide?

5. Susan and Oliver separate as he takes the surveying job and she moves the family to Victoria BC - how does part of the Wards' life compare with Lyman's own personal history?

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

7. What is the theme of this chapter?

8. What is Susan's attitude about Idaho?

9. What is Susan's impression of Mexico?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role did Shelley Rasmussen play in the plot movement in this novel? How did she compare with Susan Ward in Lyman's eyes? How did the author use Shelley to explain Lyman's character?

Essay Topic 2

Which is better: to be creative and imaginative like Susan or handy and methodical like Oliver? Why? Prepare to defend these answers in a presentation to the class.

Essay Topic 3

How does the author expound on his theme of the importance of choosing the right spouse, or how the choice of a marriage partner rules our life?

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