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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. Who is Clarence King?
(a) Frank's father
(b) Susan's employer
(c) Director of the Geological Survey and a writer
(d) Oliver's boss

2. What is a good description of the Ward home?
(a) A section of a boardinghouse
(b) Tumble down shack
(c) House trailer
(d) Wide veranda, clean and comfortable house

3. Oliver has news for Susan when he returns to Santa Cruz - what is it?
(a) He has found a job in Milton New York
(b) He has found them another place to live
(c) He is moving the family to Bolivia
(d) He has successfully invented hydraulic cement

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

5. What reason does Augusta give Susan for disliking Oliver?
(a) Because he is not from a wealthy family.
(b) Augusta is jealous of Susan's affections for Oliver, and believes Oliver is not good enough for Susan.
(c) Because he is illiterate
(d) Because he did not graduate from Harvard

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Oliver live while he was waiting for his house to be finished?

2. Who is Rodman?

3. What is Susan's attitude towards Oliver during this time in New Almaden?

4. Where do the Wards go after New Almaden?

5. What happened on the day Susan first arrived in Leadville?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the trip from Denver to Leadville symbolic of the Wards' marriage?

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

3. Explain how Susan and Oliver reach a certain angle of repose while living in New Almaden?

4. What is Susan's attitude about her one-room shack in Leadville?

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

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

7. How does the servant girl Lizzie provide an example to Susan of the western way of life?

8. What is Susan's state of mind in this chapter?

9. Is Susan a good caretaker?

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

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