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

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

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

4. How does Susan deal with her frustration?
(a) She spends her time reading and ignoring the household duties
(b) She goes back east and divorces Oliver
(c) She begins a career as an illustrator for books and magazines
(d) She falls in love with the gardener

5. Who is Mrs. Elliott?
(a) The midwife
(b) Susan's aunt
(c) A friend of Susan's aunt, Mrs. Elliott is an outspoken and opinionated woman from Santa Cruz.
(d) A traveling salesperson

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Ollie come with Susan to Leadville?

2. What is the age difference between Susan and Frank

3. What is the name of the big black dog that Oliver has for Susan's protection?

4. Who is Shelley Rasmussen?

5. When Susan returns home to Milton to spend the winter and get Ollie, what project does she begin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Lyman so uncomfortable around Shelley?

3. Why did Oliver resign from the New Almaden Mine?

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

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

6. What attracted Susan to Oliver?

7. How is Shelley's problem with her husband similar to Susan's problems with Oliver?

8. How does Susan present her New Almaden life to Augusta in their correspondence?

9. What is Susan's attitude towards her marriage and new life in this chapter?

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

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