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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. Who is Marian Prouse?
(a) Oliver's sister
(b) The genteel woman sent from Oliver's family in Connecticut to assist Susan in New Almaden with the new baby.
(c) Augusta's brother
(d) An author Susan admires

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

3. What was Susan's overall impression of the mine workers?
(a) They were ignorant and mean
(b) They did not know what they were doing
(c) They appeared to be in a cruel and harsh environment, like a prison
(d) They were happy and tanned

4. Why does Lyman Ward return to his family home?
(a) To serve as a marriage counselor to Ada.
(b) To drink beer and watch television all day long.
(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.

5. Why was Thomas Hudson a frail and sickly man?
(a) He abused alcohol
(b) He had been injured in the war.
(c) He had cancer
(d) He was a vegetarian

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't Oliver send the train fare for his wife and her maid?

2. What is the understanding between Oliver and Susan that develops during their five year correspondence?

3. What does Lyman originally think of Shelley?

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

5. What is a good description of the Ward home?

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