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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 2 | Book 2, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why didn't Oliver send the train fare for his wife and her maid?
(a) He did not have the money to send
(b) He forgot
(c) He did send it, but it got lost in the mail
(d) He gambled away the money

3. What is Susan's first clue that her marriage may not be everything she has dreamed?
(a) Oliver disappears on their wedding night
(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 says another woman's name at the wedding service

4. How many years after their first meeting do Susan and Oliver wait to marry?
(a) 8 years
(b) 2 years
(c) 10 years
(d) 15 years

5. Where is Susan and Oliver's first home?
(a) Milton, NY
(b) Houston, TX
(c) New Almaden, California
(d) San Francisco, CA

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Al Sutton important to this story?

2. Lyman believes that his grandparents were

3. Why does Lyman Ward return to his family home?

4. What reason does Augusta give Susan for disliking Oliver?

5. What is the understanding between Oliver and Susan that develops during their five year correspondence?

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