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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the conversation between Lyman and Shelley become after the writing suggestions?

2. Who is Clarence King?

3. What is the bad news her mother tells her on the first day home?

4. What does Susan tell Mrs. Elliott that shocks the older woman?

5. Why is Al Sutton important to this story?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways in this chapter does the author remind the reader of Susan's issues?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think really happened to Agnes and Frank?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the Ward children in detail: physical description, place of birth, temperament, and use their words to show their personalities.

Essay Topic 3

How is Rodman different from his father? Does Lyman admire his son or resent him? Does Rodman respect his father or see him as a chore and an obligation?

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