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

2. What is the reason for the Wards' financial problems when Susan arrives?
(a) The mine supervisor originally said the improvements to the Ward home would be paid for by the mine, then changed his mind
(b) Susan has spent too much money on her wardrobe
(c) Oliver has an opium habit
(d) Oliver has lost his job

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

4. What sad news does Augusta's first letter to Susan in New Almaden include?
(a) Thomas has passed away
(b) Thomas has lost his job
(c) Augusta and Thomas are divorcing
(d) Augusta and Thomas's baby died of diptheria

5. What is Susan's new form of income?
(a) As an illustrator for a publishing company owned by Hudson
(b) She manages a brothel in Milton
(c) She writes a cookbook
(d) She is a teacher

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lizzie?

2. How does Susan deal with her frustration?

3. Where is Susan and Oliver's first home?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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