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

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

3. What was the weather like on the trip to New Almaden?
(a) Hot and dusty
(b) Icy and cold
(c) pleasantly warm
(d) Cool and breezy

4. Lyman believes that his grandparents were
(a) Afraid to take chances.
(b) Wealthy and selfish.
(c) Boring and untalented.
(d) Tough, resilient, creative and enduring.

5. Why does Lyman Ward return to his family home?
(a) To drink beer and watch television all day long.
(b) To serve as a marriage counselor to Ada.
(c) To start a relationship with Shelley Rasmussen.
(d) To escape from the present and explore his family's history for answers to his own life.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Susan deal with her frustration?

3. Rodman is concerned about his father living alone because

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

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

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