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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lyman believes that his grandparents were
(a) Boring and untalented.
(b) Wealthy and selfish.
(c) Afraid to take chances.
(d) Tough, resilient, creative and enduring.

2. What is the purpose of Rodman's discussion with Lyman concerning Oliver's time at Deadwood?
(a) To test Lyman's mental faculties
(b) To remind the reader that Rodman and Lyman are related
(c) It allows the author to cover the time Oliver spent in Deadwood without the usual narration or correspondence plot devices.
(d) To show Rodman's interest in his father's book

3. What sad news does Augusta's first letter to Susan in New Almaden include?
(a) Thomas has passed away
(b) Thomas has lost his job
(c) Augusta and Thomas are divorcing
(d) Augusta and Thomas's baby died of diptheria

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

5. Who is Mrs. Elliott?
(a) The midwife
(b) A traveling salesperson
(c) Susan's aunt
(d) A friend of Susan's aunt, Mrs. Elliott is an outspoken and opinionated woman from Santa Cruz.

6. Where do Susan and the baby go when he takes the job?
(a) with Oliver
(b) Back to Milton, New York, to live with Susan's parents
(c) Mexico
(d) They stay in Santa Cruz with Mrs. Elliott

7. Why is progress stopped in the Argentina mine?
(a) It has been moved to Denver
(b) An explosion closed the mine
(c) Ownership has been questioned and it is tied up in litigation.
(d) There is nothing to mine there

8. What unusual event occurred at New Almaden?
(a) Susan opened a restaurant
(b) Susan went down into the mine
(c) Augusta came to see Susan
(d) Oliver had an affair

9. What is Lyman's fear?
(a) Ed will accidentally hurt himself
(b) That Ada will fall down the stairs while carrying him
(c) That his son will place him into an institution and take away his freedom.
(d) Shelley will leave with Larry

10. Why does Lyman Ward return to his family home?
(a) To start a relationship with Shelley Rasmussen.
(b) To serve as a marriage counselor to Ada.
(c) To drink beer and watch television all day long.
(d) To escape from the present and explore his family's history for answers to his own life.

11. What does Susan encourage Oliver to do instead of moving their family to another country?
(a) Become a writer like her
(b) Become a salesman for Sears
(c) Become a hotel manager
(d) Continue trying to invent hydraulic cement

12. This chapter highlights several of Oliver's traits - what are some of them?
(a) Snobbery and high handed behavior
(b) Compassion for those less fortunate, decency,misplaced loyalty, principals, lack of good business judgement, more of a dreamer
(c) Ignorance and selfishness
(d) Greed and avarice

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

14. What does Oliver tell Susan about his manager at the mine?
(a) He is a good man with a generous heart
(b) He is cheating on his wife
(c) That he is a cruel man who does not like Oliver and will probably find a way to fire him.
(d) He owes money to the company

15. Why does the author call this period a blissful time for his grandmother?
(a) She is back east with Augusta
(b) She is falling in love with the mine supervisor
(c) Her career is growing; she has intelligent conversations with their visitors, and she is pregnant.
(d) She is in a coma

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the difference between Leadville and New Almaden?

3. What are Susan's hopes about Thomas Hudson?

4. What was the issue between Susan and Oliver that clouded their trip to Leadville?

5. There is trouble in Leadville with Oliver's claim. What has happened?

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