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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapter 3 | Book 3, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Oliver tell Susan about his manager at the mine?
(a) He owes money to the company
(b) He is cheating on his wife
(c) That he is a cruel man who does not like Oliver and will probably find a way to fire him.
(d) He is a good man with a generous heart

2. Why doesn't Susan become friends with any of the people in New Almaden?
(a) She does not speak their language
(b) She lives too far away
(c) Oliver does not allow her to mingle with them
(d) She considers them boring

3. How is this chapter different from others, from the perspective of the Ward marriage?
(a) It is written from the point of view of the baby
(b) Shelley wrote it
(c) It is shorter than the others
(d) Lyman is allowing the intimacy of a young married couple to be shown

4. How does Susan view Lizzie?
(a) A noisy, bothersome helpmate
(b) A competitor for Oliver's attention
(c) Stong, patient, resilient mother who has accepted her conditions well.
(d) A thief

5. What unusual event occurred at New Almaden?
(a) Augusta came to see Susan
(b) Oliver had an affair
(c) Susan went down into the mine
(d) Susan opened a restaurant

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Thomas Hudson a frail and sickly man?

2. What does Lyman originally think of Shelley?

3. Why didn't Oliver send the train fare for his wife and her maid?

4. What are Susan's hopes about Thomas Hudson?

5. Who is Shelley Rasmussen?

(see the answer key)

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