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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the weather like on the trip to New Almaden?
(a) pleasantly warm
(b) Hot and dusty
(c) Icy and cold
(d) Cool and breezy

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

3. Why is the baby nicknamed Ollie?
(a) It is short for Olivia
(b) It was the name of Susan's childhood friend
(c) It is a shortened version of his first name, Oliver, and saves from being confused with his father in the story.
(d) Because Lizzie cannot pronounce the baby's name

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

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

6. Where did Oliver live while he was waiting for his house to be finished?
(a) In a car
(b) At Mother Fall's Boardinghouse
(c) With friends
(d) In a tent

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

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

9. What is the age difference between Susan and Frank
(a) Susan is 9 years older than Frank
(b) Frank is 9 years older than Susan
(c) Susan is 15 years younger than Frank
(d) They are the same age

10. 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 were happy and tanned
(d) They appeared to be in a cruel and harsh environment, like a prison

11. Why is Susan intent upon Oliver pursuing a career other than mining?
(a) She wants her family to have a permanent home, as Augusta and Thomas have
(b) She is allergic to mine dust
(c) Susan thinks engineering is boring
(d) Susan wants to travel

12. What was the issue between Susan and Oliver that clouded their trip to Leadville?
(a) Susan wanted to drive the wagon
(b) Oliver had to whip the horses to keep the wagon from going over a cliff, and Susan felt he was being cruel and mean
(c) Oliver was drinking
(d) Oliver would not stop so Susan could draw

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

14. Who is Marian Prouse?
(a) Augusta's brother
(b) Oliver's sister
(c) An author Susan admires
(d) The genteel woman sent from Oliver's family in Connecticut to assist Susan in New Almaden with the new baby.

15. Who is Pricey?
(a) Susan's pet name for her wagon
(b) Susan's horse
(c) Oliver's clerk from England
(d) The gardener

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the next job offer that Oliver gets?

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

3. What is Susan's main character trait in this chapter?

4. When they arrive at the cabin, where is Pricey?

5. What does Lyman originally think of Shelley?

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