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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Susan find the advice confusing?
(a) Susan has a hearing problem
(b) Mrs. Elliott is recommending Susan make her husband happy, after Mrs. Elliott has endorsed womens rights.
(c) Susan is unable to understand the situation
(d) Susan does not speak Mrs. Elliott's language

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

4. 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) Twenty-four canaries
(d) Liquor and candy

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

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

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

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

9. What is the next job offer that Oliver gets?
(a) Run a saloon in Leadville
(b) To write for Harpers Weekly
(c) Become a professor of engineering
(d) Join the Geological Survey

10. What are Susan's hopes about Thomas Hudson?
(a) That he will move west
(b) That he will buy her family's home so she can move the entire family west
(c) That he will purchase a horse for her
(d) That he will ask her to marry him, or at least stay single so she, Thomas, and Augusta will be an eternal threesome.

11. Who meets her train when she arrives at her destination?
(a) Augusta and Thomas
(b) Her family
(c) Oliver's family
(d) No one

12. Why didn't Oliver send the train fare for his wife and her maid?
(a) He did send it, but it got lost in the mail
(b) He gambled away the money
(c) He did not have the money to send
(d) He forgot

13. When they arrive at the cabin, where is Pricey?
(a) Critically injured from a beating
(b) Asleep in their bed
(c) Reading
(d) At the local tavern

14. What was Susan's overall impression of the mine workers?
(a) They did not know what they were doing
(b) They appeared to be in a cruel and harsh environment, like a prison
(c) They were happy and tanned
(d) They were ignorant and mean

15. What is the reason for the Wards' financial problems when Susan arrives?
(a) Oliver has lost his job
(b) Susan has spent too much money on her wardrobe
(c) Oliver has an opium habit
(d) The mine supervisor originally said the improvements to the Ward home would be paid for by the mine, then changed his mind

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Susan encourage Oliver to do instead of moving their family to another country?

2. What was the issue between Susan and Oliver that clouded their trip to Leadville?

3. Why is the baby nicknamed Ollie?

4. What is the understanding between Oliver and Susan that develops during their five year correspondence?

5. Who is Frank Sargeant?

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