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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 is Oliver's mining job after Deadwood?
(a) Bolivia
(b) Mexico
(c) Leadville, Colorado
(d) Milton NY
2. Why does the author call this period a blissful time for his grandmother?
(a) She is in a coma
(b) She is falling in love with the mine supervisor
(c) She is back east with Augusta
(d) Her career is growing; she has intelligent conversations with their visitors, and she is pregnant.
3. What is a good description of the Ward home?
(a) Wide veranda, clean and comfortable house
(b) Tumble down shack
(c) A section of a boardinghouse
(d) House trailer
4. Who is charged with the care of Pricey after his injury?
(a) Ollie
(b) Frank
(c) Lizzie
(d) Susan
5. Why does Oliver quit the New Almaden mine?
(a) He realizes he cannot do the job satisfactorily
(b) He has found another job
(c) He was turned down for a promotion
(d) Because he is ordered to tear down a fired man's house, and he refuses to do so.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why doesn't Ollie come with Susan to Leadville?
2. What criticism does Shelley offer about Lyman's writing?
3. What odd presents did Oliver send from Leadville to Susan and Ollie in Milton?
4. Who is Shelley Rasmussen?
5. What sad news does Augusta's first letter to Susan in New Almaden include?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Augusta disapproves of Oliver, what characteristics in Susan are brought to light?
2. What is Susan's attitude towards her marriage and new life in this chapter?
3. Why was it so unusual for Susan to enter the mine at New Almaden?
4. What does Lyman hope to accomplish during the writing about his grandparents' lives?
5. Why are Shelley's problems critical to the story?
6. What characteristics are further brought out once Susan joins her husband in New Almaden?
7. Why is Oliver unsuccessful in his attempts to market his invention?
8. Why do Lyman and Al become better friends in the present than they were as children?
9. What attracted Susan to Oliver?
10. How does Susan present her New Almaden life to Augusta in their correspondence?
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