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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 does not speak their language
(c) She lives too far away
(d) She considers them boring

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

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

4. 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 Susan's family will finance Oliver's projects
(c) That Susan will become Oliver's wife
(d) That Oliver will be the best man at Susan's wedding to Thomas

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is everyone concerned about Larry being around Shelley?

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

3. What reason does Augusta give Susan for disliking Oliver?

4. Who meets her train when she arrives at her destination?

5. What does Lyman consider to be the only intrusion to the routine of his days in Grass Valley?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Augusta disapproves of Oliver, what characteristics in Susan are brought to light?

2. What does Lyman hope to accomplish during the writing about his grandparents' lives?

3. In what ways in this chapter does the author remind the reader of Susan's issues?

4. Why do Lyman and Al become better friends in the present than they were as children?

5. How are the scenes in this chapter different from all the ones before and after as far as the marriage between Oliver and Susan?

6. What attracted Susan to Oliver?

7. Why are Mrs. Elliott's suggestions so confusing to Susan?

8. Is life harmonious and happy for the Wards in Leadville?

9. How is Lyman's situation similar to that of Oliver?

10. Why is Oliver unsuccessful in his attempts to market his invention?

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