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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years after their first meeting do Susan and Oliver wait to marry?
(a) 10 years
(b) 15 years
(c) 8 years
(d) 2 years

2. What is the bad news her mother tells her on the first day home?
(a) Thomas is severely ill
(b) Augusta has passed away
(c) Her mother is expecting a baby
(d) Her sister Bessie is ill

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

4. What sad news does Augusta's first letter to Susan in New Almaden include?
(a) Thomas has passed away
(b) Thomas has lost his job
(c) Augusta and Thomas are divorcing
(d) Augusta and Thomas's baby died of diptheria

5. What does Susan tell Mrs. Elliott that shocks the older woman?
(a) Susan and Oliver are Hindu
(b) Susan is in love with another man
(c) Susan's income from writing and illustrating is the only money the Ward family has at the moment
(d) Susan is going to buy the boardinghouse

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lizzie?

2. Why does Lyman call himself a "man of stone"?

3. What does Susan encourage Oliver to do instead of moving their family to another country?

4. What does Lyman consider to be the only intrusion to the routine of his days in Grass Valley?

5. What happened on the day Susan first arrived in Leadville?

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