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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapter 3 | Book 3, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Susan agree to marry Oliver?
(a) Because she is expecting his child
(b) Because her father has promised her to Oliver's family
(c) Because she hates the East Coast
(d) Because she and Oliver had an understanding, and Thomas has chosen Augusta over her.

2. Why doesn't Susan become friends with any of the people in New Almaden?
(a) She lives too far away
(b) She does not speak their language
(c) She considers them boring
(d) Oliver does not allow her to mingle with them

3. Why does Oliver quit the New Almaden mine?
(a) He was turned down for a promotion
(b) He realizes he cannot do the job satisfactorily
(c) He has found another job
(d) Because he is ordered to tear down a fired man's house, and he refuses to do so.

4. What does Susan tell Mrs. Elliott that shocks the older woman?
(a) Susan is going to buy the boardinghouse
(b) Susan and Oliver are Hindu
(c) Susan is in love with another man
(d) Susan's income from writing and illustrating is the only money the Ward family has at the moment

5. Why is Susan intent upon Oliver pursuing a career other than mining?
(a) Susan wants to travel
(b) Susan thinks engineering is boring
(c) She wants her family to have a permanent home, as Augusta and Thomas have
(d) She is allergic to mine dust

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Thomas Hudson a frail and sickly man?

2. What does Lyman originally think of Shelley?

3. Why is Al Sutton important to this story?

4. This chapter highlights several of Oliver's traits - what are some of them?

5. How is this chapter different from others, from the perspective of the Ward marriage?

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