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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 believes he compares favorably with Thomas
(b) She considers an immediate divorce
(c) She is in love and sees no faults
(d) She admires him for his handiness and intelligence, but is dismayed by his lack of ambition and business judgement.

2. What unusual event occurred at New Almaden?
(a) Susan went down into the mine
(b) Augusta came to see Susan
(c) Oliver had an affair
(d) Susan opened a restaurant

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

4. What does Oliver tell Susan about his manager at the mine?
(a) He owes money to the company
(b) He is cheating on his wife
(c) He is a good man with a generous heart
(d) That he is a cruel man who does not like Oliver and will probably find a way to fire him.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is Susan's new form of income?

4. Who is Lizzie?

5. Why does Oliver quit the New Almaden mine?

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