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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 2 | Book 2, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Susan's main character trait in this chapter?
(a) Fear of change
(b) Submission and resignation
(c) Resolve, determination and strength in the face of criticism
(d) Whining and indecisiveness

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

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

4. Why doesn't Susan become friends with any of the people in New Almaden?
(a) She lives too far away
(b) She considers them boring
(c) Oliver does not allow her to mingle with them
(d) She does not speak their language

5. Why is Al Sutton important to this story?
(a) He saved Lyman's life
(b) He is Shelley's husband
(c) He caused Lyman to lose his leg
(d) He provides comic relief and helps to flesh out the character of Lyman, son of the richest family in town.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lyman believes that his grandparents were

2. Why does Lyman begin fictionalizing his grandparents' lives in a novel?

3. Why does Susan agree to marry Oliver?

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

5. Rodman is concerned about his father living alone because

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