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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapter 7 | Book 4, Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Susan view Lizzie?
(a) A noisy, bothersome helpmate
(b) A competitor for Oliver's attention
(c) A thief
(d) Stong, patient, resilient mother who has accepted her conditions well.

2. What was the weather like on the trip to New Almaden?
(a) pleasantly warm
(b) Cool and breezy
(c) Icy and cold
(d) Hot and dusty

3. Why does Susan find the advice confusing?
(a) Susan has a hearing problem
(b) Mrs. Elliott is recommending Susan make her husband happy, after Mrs. Elliott has endorsed womens rights.
(c) Susan is unable to understand the situation
(d) Susan does not speak Mrs. Elliott's language

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

5. Why was Thomas Hudson a frail and sickly man?
(a) He abused alcohol
(b) He was a vegetarian
(c) He had cancer
(d) He had been injured in the war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Susan encourage Oliver to do instead of moving their family to another country?

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

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

4. What is Lyman's fear?

5. What does Lyman originally think of Shelley?

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