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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 is the name of the big black dog that Oliver has for Susan's protection?
(a) Bruce
(b) Stranger
(c) Fido
(d) Willlie

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

3. What advice does Mrs. Elliott give to Susan?
(a) Become a boarding house manager
(b) Allow Oliver to return to engineering work rather than concentrate on marketing cement?
(c) Leave the baby with her when they move to Bolivia
(d) Get rid of Marian the nanny

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

5. 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 noisy, bothersome helpmate
(d) A thief

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a good description of the Ward home?

2. Who is Shelley Rasmussen?

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

4. What does Susan tell Mrs. Elliott that shocks the older woman?

5. What is the reason for the Wards' financial problems when Susan arrives?

(see the answer key)

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