1. Why does the author call this period a blissful time for his grandmother?
(a) Her career is growing; she has intelligent conversations with their visitors, and she is pregnant.
(b) She is falling in love with the mine supervisor
(c) She is back east with Augusta
(d) She is in a coma

2. How does Susan deal with her frustration?
(a) She goes back east and divorces Oliver
(b) She begins a career as an illustrator for books and magazines
(c) She falls in love with the gardener
(d) She spends her time reading and ignoring the household duties

3. What is Susan's attitude towards Oliver during this time in New Almaden?
(a) She is in love and sees no faults
(b) She admires him for his handiness and intelligence, but is dismayed by his lack of ambition and business judgement.
(c) She considers an immediate divorce
(d) She believes he compares favorably with Thomas

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

5. What are Susan's hopes about Thomas Hudson?
(a) That he will ask her to marry him, or at least stay single so she, Thomas, and Augusta will be an eternal threesome.
(b) That he will buy her family's home so she can move the entire family west
(c) That he will move west
(d) That he will purchase a horse for her