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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Susan kiss in error upon her and Ollie's arrival in Leadville?
(a) Mrs. Elliott
(b) Lizzie
(c) Mr. King
(d) Frank Sargeant

3. 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 admires him for his handiness and intelligence, but is dismayed by his lack of ambition and business judgement.
(d) She is in love and sees no faults

4. Who is Mrs. Elliott?
(a) The midwife
(b) Susan's aunt
(c) A friend of Susan's aunt, Mrs. Elliott is an outspoken and opinionated woman from Santa Cruz.
(d) A traveling salesperson

5. This chapter highlights several of Oliver's traits - what are some of them?
(a) Greed and avarice
(b) Ignorance and selfishness
(c) Compassion for those less fortunate, decency,misplaced loyalty, principals, lack of good business judgement, more of a dreamer
(d) Snobbery and high handed behavior

6. How does the author use Shelley to expand the storyline?
(a) By reminding the reader of the difference between 1970's culture and society the way it was when Susan and Oliver were dating.
(b) By creating a romance between Shelley & Lyman
(c) By showing Shelley's thoughts about Lyman
(d) By having Shelley read parts of the book out loud to Lyman

7. Why does Lyman begin fictionalizing his grandparents' lives in a novel?
(a) Lyman has long wanted to write a romance novel
(b) Lyman has no experience in writing
(c) They are not famous enough for a non-fiction biography, and it will help him understand them better this way.
(d) Shelley suggested this form to him

8. What happens to Ollie in this chapter?
(a) He has a birthday
(b) He is bitten by a rattlesnake
(c) He gets a horse
(d) He becomes ill again

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

10. Oliver is offered a mining job in another country - which one?
(a) China
(b) Spain
(c) Australia
(d) Bolivia

11. Who is Clarence King?
(a) Susan's employer
(b) Director of the Geological Survey and a writer
(c) Oliver's boss
(d) Frank's father

12. What odd presents did Oliver send from Leadville to Susan and Ollie in Milton?
(a) A Christmas tree and a puppy
(b) Liquor and candy
(c) Twenty-four canaries
(d) Beaver skins and a gigantic elk head

13. Why does Oliver quit the New Almaden mine?
(a) Because he is ordered to tear down a fired man's house, and he refuses to do so.
(b) He was turned down for a promotion
(c) He has found another job
(d) He realizes he cannot do the job satisfactorily

14. What are Susan's hopes about Thomas Hudson?
(a) That he will buy her family's home so she can move the entire family west
(b) That he will move 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.

15. What reason does Augusta give Susan for disliking Oliver?
(a) Because he did not graduate from Harvard
(b) Augusta is jealous of Susan's affections for Oliver, and believes Oliver is not good enough for Susan.
(c) Because he is not from a wealthy family.
(d) Because he is illiterate

Short Answer Questions

1. What sad news does Augusta's first letter to Susan in New Almaden include?

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

3. How is this chapter different from others, from the perspective of the Ward marriage?

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

5. Where do the Wards go after New Almaden?

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