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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the Wards go after New Almaden?
(a) Milton, New York
(b) Santa Cruz, California, to live at Mrs. Elliott's boarding house while Oliver looks for another job
(c) New York City, New York
(d) San Francisco

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

3. Who makes an unexpected appearance in Grass Valley?
(a) Mark Twain
(b) Ada's ex-husband
(c) Susan Ward
(d) Shelley's husband Larry

4. Who is Ferd Ward?
(a) Oliver's sister
(b) Oliver's grandfather
(c) Oliver's father
(d) Distant cousin to Oliver, a financial Wall Street wizard

5. What is Susan's new form of income?
(a) She is a teacher
(b) She writes a cookbook
(c) She manages a brothel in Milton
(d) As an illustrator for a publishing company owned by Hudson

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Oliver live while he was waiting for his house to be finished?

2. Why doesn't Susan become friends with any of the people in New Almaden?

3. What is the understanding between Oliver and Susan that develops during their five year correspondence?

4. What is Susan's main character trait in this chapter?

5. Why is Susan angry at Oliver?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Lyman so uncomfortable around Shelley?

2. What does Lyman hope to accomplish during the writing about his grandparents' lives?

3. Why did Oliver resign from the New Almaden Mine?

4. What is Susan's attitude about her one-room shack in Leadville?

5. In what ways in this chapter does the author remind the reader of Susan's issues?

6. What attracted Susan to Oliver?

7. How is Shelley's problem with her husband similar to Susan's problems with Oliver?

8. How are the scenes in this chapter different from all the ones before and after as far as the marriage between Oliver and Susan?

9. What characteristics are further brought out once Susan joins her husband in New Almaden?

10. What is Susan's state of mind in this chapter?

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