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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. Lyman believes that his grandparents were
(a) Boring and untalented.
(b) Afraid to take chances.
(c) Wealthy and selfish.
(d) Tough, resilient, creative and enduring.

2. Where do Susan and the baby go when he takes the job?
(a) with Oliver
(b) They stay in Santa Cruz with Mrs. Elliott
(c) Mexico
(d) Back to Milton, New York, to live with Susan's parents

3. What is Rodman's reason for his visit to Lyman?
(a) Rodman wants to borrow money
(b) Lyman's wife, Ellen, wants to see him
(c) Rodman wants to live in Grass Valley with Lyman
(d) Rodman is getting married again

4. Why does Susan agree to marry Oliver?
(a) Because she hates the East Coast
(b) Because she is expecting his child
(c) Because she and Oliver had an understanding, and Thomas has chosen Augusta over her.
(d) Because her father has promised her to Oliver's family

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Mrs. Elliott give to Susan?

2. What reason does Augusta give Susan for disliking Oliver?

3. Why is Al Sutton important to this story?

4. What is Susan's first clue that her marriage may not be everything she has dreamed?

5. What is a recurring plot device used by the author?

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