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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 6 | Book 2, Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 gambled away the money
(c) He did send it, but it got lost in the mail
(d) He forgot

3. Why does Lyman begin fictionalizing his grandparents' lives in a novel?
(a) They are not famous enough for a non-fiction biography, and it will help him understand them better this way.
(b) Shelley suggested this form to him
(c) Lyman has long wanted to write a romance novel
(d) Lyman has no experience in writing

4. Why does Oliver quit the New Almaden mine?
(a) He has found another job
(b) Because he is ordered to tear down a fired man's house, and he refuses to do so.
(c) He realizes he cannot do the job satisfactorily
(d) He was turned down for a promotion

5. Who is Lizzie?
(a) Susan's sister
(b) Oliver's first wife
(c) Lyman's grand-daughter
(d) A young woman who Susan brings along to serve as cook and housekeeper in New Almaden

Short Answer Questions

1. What unusual event occurred at New Almaden?

2. How many years after their first meeting do Susan and Oliver wait to marry?

3. This chapter highlights several of Oliver's traits - what are some of them?

4. How does Susan deal with her frustration?

5. Why is the baby nicknamed Ollie?

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