2. What does the conversation between Lyman and Shelley become after the writing suggestions?
(a) A conversation about television
(b) A conversation about the difference of victorian era sexual attitudes and those of 1970 hippies.
(c) An argument about what to have for dinner
(d) The beginning of an affair between Lyman and Shelley

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

4. Where do Susan and Oliver first meet?
(a) On a train headed west
(b) In an elevator
(c) Inside a mine
(d) At a high society party

5. 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 having Shelley read parts of the book out loud to Lyman
(c) By showing Shelley's thoughts about Lyman
(d) By creating a romance between Shelley & Lyman

6. Why is Susan angry at Oliver?
(a) Because he turned down the severance pay
(b) Because Oliver finishes his assignments for the company before departing.
(c) Because she wanted him to continue working there
(d) Because he did not put the toilet seat down

7. Who makes an unexpected appearance in Grass Valley?
(a) Susan Ward
(b) Mark Twain
(c) Ada's ex-husband
(d) Shelley's husband Larry

8. 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 realizes he cannot do the job satisfactorily
(c) He has found another job
(d) He was turned down for a promotion

9. Who is Ferd Ward?
(a) Oliver's sister
(b) Oliver's father
(c) Distant cousin to Oliver, a financial Wall Street wizard
(d) Oliver's grandfather

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

11. What advice does Mrs. Elliott give to Susan?
(a) Leave the baby with her when they move to Bolivia
(b) Become a boarding house manager
(c) Get rid of Marian the nanny
(d) Allow Oliver to return to engineering work rather than concentrate on marketing cement?

12. What does Oliver tell Susan about his manager at the mine?
(a) He is cheating on his wife
(b) He is a good man with a generous heart
(c) That he is a cruel man who does not like Oliver and will probably find a way to fire him.
(d) He owes money to the company

13. What is Susan's new form of income?
(a) She writes a cookbook
(b) She is a teacher
(c) As an illustrator for a publishing company owned by Hudson
(d) She manages a brothel in Milton

14. Why doesn't Ollie come with Susan to Leadville?
(a) Augusta has asked to keep him
(b) He has taken ill and needs to recover
(c) Her parents have kidnapped him
(d) He has refused to come see his father

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