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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 6 | Book 2, Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Susan deal with her frustration?
(a) She spends her time reading and ignoring the household duties
(b) She begins a career as an illustrator for books and magazines
(c) She falls in love with the gardener
(d) She goes back east and divorces Oliver

5. Why was Thomas Hudson a frail and sickly man?
(a) He had cancer
(b) He had been injured in the war.
(c) He abused alcohol
(d) He was a vegetarian

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Susan and Oliver first meet?

2. This chapter highlights several of Oliver's traits - what are some of them?

3. What is Susan's main character trait in this chapter?

4. Why doesn't Susan become friends with any of the people in New Almaden?

5. What was the weather like on the trip to New Almaden?

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