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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Oliver is offered a mining job in another country - which one?
(a) Bolivia
(b) Australia
(c) Spain
(d) China

3. What does Lyman originally think of Shelley?
(a) that she is shy and boring
(b) that she is attractive and fun
(c) that she will steal his story ideas and write her own book
(d) That she is loud and brazen, completely different from his grandmother who was genteel and always dressed impeccably

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the weather like on the trip to New Almaden?

2. Why doesn't Ollie come with Susan to Leadville?

3. What happened on the day Susan first arrived in Leadville?

4. What is Rodman's reason for his visit to Lyman?

5. How does Susan deal with her frustration?

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