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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 happened on the day Susan first arrived in Leadville?
(a) Two men were hung in front of the courthouse
(b) Colorado statehood was passed
(c) Oliver got fired
(d) Frank got married

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

3. Who is Marian Prouse?
(a) Oliver's sister
(b) An author Susan admires
(c) The genteel woman sent from Oliver's family in Connecticut to assist Susan in New Almaden with the new baby.
(d) Augusta's brother

4. Why was Thomas Hudson a frail and sickly man?
(a) He abused alcohol
(b) He had cancer
(c) He was a vegetarian
(d) He had been injured in the war.

5. Who is Frank Sargeant?
(a) Oliver's assistant in Leadville and becomes a longtime family friend
(b) Susan's editor
(c) Ollie's childhood friend
(d) Oliver's boss

Short Answer Questions

1. What sad news does Augusta's first letter to Susan in New Almaden include?

2. What is the age difference between Susan and Frank

3. Who is Mrs. Elliott?

4. How does Susan's career expand at this time?

5. What was Susan's overall impression of the mine workers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What characteristics are further brought out once Susan joins her husband in New Almaden?

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

3. Why was it so unusual for Susan to enter the mine at New Almaden?

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

5. Why is Lyman so uncomfortable around Shelley?

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

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

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

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

10. How is Susan's embarrassment with her husband's social abilities highlighted in this chapter?

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