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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 the purpose of Rodman's discussion with Lyman concerning Oliver's time at Deadwood?
(a) To test Lyman's mental faculties
(b) It allows the author to cover the time Oliver spent in Deadwood without the usual narration or correspondence plot devices.
(c) To show Rodman's interest in his father's book
(d) To remind the reader that Rodman and Lyman are related

2. What is Susan's new form of income?
(a) She writes a cookbook
(b) As an illustrator for a publishing company owned by Hudson
(c) She is a teacher
(d) She manages a brothel in Milton

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

4. What is Susan's first clue that her marriage may not be everything she has dreamed?
(a) Oliver says another woman's name at the wedding service
(b) Oliver gives her the wrong address of their new home
(c) Oliver fails to send her train fare to join him in California
(d) Oliver disappears on their wedding night

5. When they arrive at the cabin, where is Pricey?
(a) Critically injured from a beating
(b) Reading
(c) Asleep in their bed
(d) At the local tavern

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is progress stopped in the Argentina mine?

2. What does Susan encourage Oliver to do instead of moving their family to another country?

3. How does the small Ward cabin figure in Leadville society?

4. Lyman believes that his grandparents were

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why are Shelley's problems critical to the story?

7. Why doesn't Susan want Oliver to accept the job in Bolivia?

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

9. Is Susan a good caretaker?

10. How are the 24 canaries sent to Shelley like the elk head sent to Susan?

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