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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapter 7 | Book 4, Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is Susan and Oliver's first home?
(a) Houston, TX
(b) Milton, NY
(c) New Almaden, California
(d) San Francisco, CA

3. What is the understanding between Oliver and Susan that develops during their five year correspondence?
(a) That Oliver will be the best man at Susan's wedding to Thomas
(b) That Susan's family will finance Oliver's projects
(c) That Susan will become Oliver's wife
(d) That Susan will draw Oliver's likeness for his personal stationery

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

5. What does Susan encourage Oliver to do instead of moving their family to another country?
(a) Become a hotel manager
(b) Become a salesman for Sears
(c) Become a writer like her
(d) Continue trying to invent hydraulic cement

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Shelley Rasmussen?

2. How does Susan view Lizzie?

3. How does Susan's career expand at this time?

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

5. How does the author use Shelley to expand the storyline?

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