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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. Of what does Susan accuse Oliver?
(a) Trusting the wrong people and trusting too much
(b) Fighting in bars
(c) Stealing money
(d) Damaging her artwork

2. What happened to Frank Sargeant?
(a) He married Nellie
(b) He ran off with Susan
(c) He ran off with Agnes
(d) He shot himself in the head

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

4. When does the Ward family get to move into their new house?
(a) New Years Day
(b) Christmas Eve
(c) April 15th
(d) Labor Day

5. 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) Teaching the town children
(c) Writing novels and continuing her illustrations for books and magazines
(d) Sewing quilts and selling them in Boise

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author tell the reader about Susan and Oliver's life after the irrigation project failed?

2. Who is watching the ballgame with Lyman when Ellen appears?

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

4. How long have the Wards been working on the irrigation project?

5. How old is Shelley in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does this chapter highlight the dangers of the West, and how does the author foreshadow the end of happy times for the Wards?

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

4. What is Susan's impression of Mexico?

5. Why does Frank commit suicide?

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

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

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

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

10. What are Oliver's reasons for sending Pricey back to England?

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