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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. Where does Susan send Agnes and Betsy so she and Oliver can talk?

2. What brings her back to the canyon in Idaho?

3. What happens to Pricey?

4. What happened to Frank Sargeant?

5. What is Susan doing in this chapter just before Oliver returns home?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Lyman's deepest feelings come out in his dream?

2. What is Susan's impression of Mexico?

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

4. Are they able to resolve their differences and move on?

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

6. What is the final rip in the fabric of the Ward marriage?

7. Why does Frank commit suicide?

8. What happens between Frank and Susan on the evening of July 4th?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Susan was influenced by many people in her life. Choose one to write on, using the interaction between Susan and that person, and the extent of the influence:

1) Augusta

2) Thomas

3) Oliver

4) Frank

Essay Topic 2

Could Susan have been a mining engineer? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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