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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 6 | Book 2, Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

2. Who is Shelley Rasmussen?
(a) She is the daughter of Ada, the Housekeeper and becomes Lyman's transcriptionist
(b) The gardener's wife
(c) Lyman's longtime girlfriend
(d) Ada's lesbian lover

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

4. What is the name of the big black dog that Oliver has for Susan's protection?
(a) Fido
(b) Willlie
(c) Bruce
(d) Stranger

5. What reason does Augusta give Susan for disliking Oliver?
(a) Because he is illiterate
(b) Because he did not graduate from Harvard
(c) Because he is not from a wealthy family.
(d) Augusta is jealous of Susan's affections for Oliver, and believes Oliver is not good enough for Susan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Al Sutton important to this story?

2. Where is Susan and Oliver's first home?

3. Who is Mrs. Elliott?

4. What sad news does Augusta's first letter to Susan in New Almaden include?

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

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