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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the issue between Susan and Oliver that clouded their trip to Leadville?
(a) Oliver would not stop so Susan could draw
(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) Susan wanted to drive the wagon
(d) Oliver was drinking

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

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

4. Where do Susan and the baby go when he takes the job?
(a) Mexico
(b) They stay in Santa Cruz with Mrs. Elliott
(c) with Oliver
(d) Back to Milton, New York, to live with Susan's parents

5. 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 sister Bessie is ill
(d) Her mother is expecting a baby

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

7. What is the dream that Susan will lose if the cement is not successful?
(a) To take a cruise around the world
(b) To buy a large diamond ring
(c) To buy the boardinghouse
(d) Building a mansion in Santa Cruz that rivals Augusta's home in New York and a permanent home

8. What is the purpose of Rodman's discussion with Lyman concerning Oliver's time at Deadwood?
(a) To show Rodman's interest in his father's book
(b) To test Lyman's mental faculties
(c) It allows the author to cover the time Oliver spent in Deadwood without the usual narration or correspondence plot devices.
(d) To remind the reader that Rodman and Lyman are related

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

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

11. How does Susan view Lizzie?
(a) A thief
(b) A noisy, bothersome helpmate
(c) Stong, patient, resilient mother who has accepted her conditions well.
(d) A competitor for Oliver's attention

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

13. Oliver has news for Susan when he returns to Santa Cruz - what is it?
(a) He has successfully invented hydraulic cement
(b) He has found them another place to live
(c) He has found a job in Milton New York
(d) He is moving the family to Bolivia

14. What is Susan's main character trait in this chapter?
(a) Submission and resignation
(b) Fear of change
(c) Whining and indecisiveness
(d) Resolve, determination and strength in the face of criticism

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Susan and Oliver's first home?

2. What odd presents did Oliver send from Leadville to Susan and Ollie in Milton?

3. Who is Rodman?

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

5. Why is Susan angry at Oliver?

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