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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In this book, to what does the Angle of Repose refer?
(a) The pitch at which a stair should be constructed
(b) The angle at which a man and woman finally lie down.
(c) The name of a cemetary
(d) The feeling just before you pass away

2. How does Susan occupy her time during the years the Wards are waiting for financial backing on the irrigation project?
(a) Doing portraits for money
(b) Sewing quilts and selling them in Boise
(c) Teaching the town children
(d) Writing novels and continuing her illustrations for books and magazines

3. How does the author tell the reader about Susan and Oliver's life after the irrigation project failed?
(a) Lyman writes a poem
(b) Another letter from Susan to Augusta
(c) Lyman tells Ellen the rest of the story
(d) Newspaper clippings about San Francisco

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

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

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

7. Where does Susan take the children when she and Oliver separate this time?
(a) Victoria, British Columbia
(b) Augusta's home
(c) Santa Cruz, CA
(d) Milton, NY

8. How long have the Wards been working on the irrigation project?
(a) 8 years
(b) 2 years
(c) 7 years
(d) 10 years

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

10. Who has returned to the canyon to help with the new efforts on the irrigation scheme?
(a) Don Gustavo, Emelito
(b) Frank, John, Wiley and the cook Wan
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Elliott
(d) Thomas Hudson, Frank, and Lizzie

11. Why is Susan upset with Oliver?
(a) He brought another elk head with him
(b) He forgot to bring her a present
(c) He was late arriving from Boise
(d) He has taken on an irrigation project instead of a mining job and did not tell her

12. What is unusual about Ellen's visit?
(a) She arrived in a chauffer driven car
(b) She brought food with her
(c) She has not aged
(d) It did not really happen, it was a dream that Lyman dreamed

13. How long does Ollie stay away from his family after leaving Boise to attend St. Paul's in 1890?
(a) three months
(b) Ten years
(c) Twenty years
(d) 5 years

14. As the irrigation project becomes less and less of a reality, Susan writes and illustrates more. What does Oliver do to relieve his frustration?
(a) Finds another woman
(b) Builds another house
(c) Learns another language
(d) Drinks heavily

15. Who is watching the ballgame with Lyman when Ellen appears?
(a) Al, Shelley, Ed and Ada
(b) Ollie, Agnes and Betsy
(c) Oliver, Susan, and Ollie
(d) Pricey and Frank

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Frank call on when he goes back east to visit his family?

2. How did Lyman first hear of Susan and Oliver's time in Mexico?

3. What does Susan like about the Boise Canyon?

4. Where does Susan send Ollie for his education?

5. What does Frank tell Susan he misses the most?

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