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

2. Where did Oliver live while he was waiting for his house to be finished?
(a) In a tent
(b) In a car
(c) At Mother Fall's Boardinghouse
(d) With friends

3. What are Susan's hopes about Thomas Hudson?
(a) That he will purchase a horse for her
(b) That he will ask her to marry him, or at least stay single so she, Thomas, and Augusta will be an eternal threesome.
(c) That he will move west
(d) That he will buy her family's home so she can move the entire family west

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

5. 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) He is a good man with a generous heart
(d) That he is a cruel man who does not like Oliver and will probably find a way to fire him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author use Shelley to expand the storyline?

2. What does Lyman originally think of Shelley?

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

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

5. What sad news does Augusta's first letter to Susan in New Almaden include?

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