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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. 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) Lyman is allowing the intimacy of a young married couple to be shown
(c) Shelley wrote it
(d) It is shorter than the others

2. Why does Susan find the advice confusing?
(a) Susan does not speak Mrs. Elliott's language
(b) Mrs. Elliott is recommending Susan make her husband happy, after Mrs. Elliott has endorsed womens rights.
(c) Susan has a hearing problem
(d) Susan is unable to understand the situation

3. Why didn't Oliver send the train fare for his wife and her maid?
(a) He did not have the money to send
(b) He did send it, but it got lost in the mail
(c) He forgot
(d) He gambled away the money

4. Why is Susan intent upon Oliver pursuing a career other than mining?
(a) Susan wants to travel
(b) Susan thinks engineering is boring
(c) She is allergic to mine dust
(d) She wants her family to have a permanent home, as Augusta and Thomas have

5. Who is Shelley Rasmussen?
(a) She is the daughter of Ada, the Housekeeper and becomes Lyman's transcriptionist
(b) The gardener's wife
(c) Ada's lesbian lover
(d) Lyman's longtime girlfriend

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What advice does Mrs. Elliott give to Susan?

4. Why does Oliver quit the New Almaden mine?

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

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