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

2. What is the understanding between Oliver and Susan that develops during their five year correspondence?
(a) That Susan's family will finance Oliver's projects
(b) That Oliver will be the best man at Susan's wedding to Thomas
(c) That Susan will become Oliver's wife
(d) That Susan will draw Oliver's likeness for his personal stationery

3. What are Susan's hopes about Thomas Hudson?
(a) That he will move west
(b) That he will purchase a horse for her
(c) That he will ask her to marry him, or at least stay single so she, Thomas, and Augusta will be an eternal threesome.
(d) That he will buy her family's home so she can move the entire family west

4. Where did Oliver live while he was waiting for his house to be finished?
(a) In a car
(b) At Mother Fall's Boardinghouse
(c) With friends
(d) In a tent

5. Who is Lizzie?
(a) Lyman's grand-daughter
(b) A young woman who Susan brings along to serve as cook and housekeeper in New Almaden
(c) Oliver's first wife
(d) Susan's sister

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't Oliver send the train fare for his wife and her maid?

2. Rodman is concerned about his father living alone because

3. What is the reason for the Wards' financial problems when Susan arrives?

4. What is the name of the big black dog that Oliver has for Susan's protection?

5. Why does Lyman begin fictionalizing his grandparents' lives in a novel?

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