2. How is this chapter different from others, from the perspective of the Ward marriage?
(a) Lyman is allowing the intimacy of a young married couple to be shown
(b) It is written from the point of view of the baby
(c) Shelley wrote it
(d) It is shorter than the others

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

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

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

6. What is Oliver's mining job after Deadwood?
(a) Mexico
(b) Bolivia
(c) Leadville, Colorado
(d) Milton NY

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

8. Who is charged with the care of Pricey after his injury?
(a) Frank
(b) Lizzie
(c) Ollie
(d) Susan

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

10. Who is Rodman?
(a) Rodman Ward is Lyman's only child, and is a professor at Berkeley
(b) Rodman is Lyman's uncle
(c) Rodman is a friend of Larry's
(d) Rodman is an old boyfriend of Shelley

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

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

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

14. What does Susan encourage Oliver to do instead of moving their family to another country?
(a) Become a salesman for Sears
(b) Become a writer like her
(c) Become a hotel manager
(d) Continue trying to invent hydraulic cement

15. What is a recurring plot device used by the author?
(a) Letters from Susan to Augusta and others which move the story along and let readers know what has happened.
(b) Symbolism
(c) Several points of view
(d) Flashback