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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lyman consider to be the only intrusion to the routine of his days in Grass Valley?
(a) Shelley's arrival in the afternoons to work for him
(b) The ball games
(c) The highway noise
(d) Ada's nightly ministrations

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

3. 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) Ignorance and selfishness
(d) Greed and avarice

4. Why does the author call this period a blissful time for his grandmother?
(a) Her career is growing; she has intelligent conversations with their visitors, and she is pregnant.
(b) She is in a coma
(c) She is falling in love with the mine supervisor
(d) She is back east with Augusta

5. Where do the Wards go after New Almaden?
(a) San Francisco
(b) Milton, New York
(c) New York City, New York
(d) Santa Cruz, California, to live at Mrs. Elliott's boarding house while Oliver looks for another job

6. Why doesn't Susan become friends with any of the people in New Almaden?
(a) Oliver does not allow her to mingle with them
(b) She considers them boring
(c) She does not speak their language
(d) She lives too far away

7. What is Lyman's fear?
(a) Shelley will leave with Larry
(b) That his son will place him into an institution and take away his freedom.
(c) Ed will accidentally hurt himself
(d) That Ada will fall down the stairs while carrying him

8. What criticism does Shelley offer about Lyman's writing?
(a) He uses too many big words
(b) His love scenes between Oliver and Susan are not graphic enough
(c) It is not easy to read
(d) He is not descriptive enough about scenery

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

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

11. How does the small Ward cabin figure in Leadville society?
(a) It has no signifigance whatsoever
(b) The Leadville children think it is haunted
(c) Susan's wit, conversational abilities and homemaking skills make it a welcome gathering spot for a wide variety of cultures and people.
(d) It is located near the train station

12. 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) Because Lizzie cannot pronounce the baby's name
(d) It was the name of Susan's childhood friend

13. 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

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

15. The road to Leadville from the train station is long and arduous. What are just a few of the things that happened on the voyage?
(a) They get injured, lose their wagon, and stay with friends
(b) The Wards were almost driven off the mountain by a stage, one of the horses pulling their wagon died, and their reservation at the hotel was cancelled.
(c) They got frostbite, robbed, and lost
(d) They run out of food, meet Indians, and sleep in a tent

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Oliver's mining job after Deadwood?

3. Why is progress stopped in the Argentina mine?

4. What unusual event occurred at New Almaden?

5. Who is Pricey?

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