1. Why does the author call this period a blissful time for his grandmother?
(a) She is falling in love with the mine supervisor
(b) Her career is growing; she has intelligent conversations with their visitors, and she is pregnant.
(c) She is in a coma
(d) She is back east with Augusta

2. What is the reason for the Wards' financial problems when Susan arrives?
(a) Susan has spent too much money on her wardrobe
(b) Oliver has lost his job
(c) The mine supervisor originally said the improvements to the Ward home would be paid for by the mine, then changed his mind
(d) Oliver has an opium habit

3. What is Susan's attitude towards Oliver during this time in New Almaden?
(a) She considers an immediate divorce
(b) She admires him for his handiness and intelligence, but is dismayed by his lack of ambition and business judgement.
(c) She is in love and sees no faults
(d) She believes he compares favorably with Thomas

4. Who is Marian Prouse?
(a) The genteel woman sent from Oliver's family in Connecticut to assist Susan in New Almaden with the new baby.
(b) An author Susan admires
(c) Augusta's brother
(d) Oliver's sister

5. What does Lyman originally think of Shelley?
(a) that she is attractive and fun
(b) That she is loud and brazen, completely different from his grandmother who was genteel and always dressed impeccably
(c) that she will steal his story ideas and write her own book
(d) that she is shy and boring