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

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

3. What does the conversation between Lyman and Shelley become after the writing suggestions?
(a) A conversation about television
(b) The beginning of an affair between Lyman and Shelley
(c) A conversation about the difference of victorian era sexual attitudes and those of 1970 hippies.
(d) An argument about what to have for dinner

4. What is the difference between Leadville and New Almaden?
(a) Leadville is a growing mining town with visitors from all over the world
(b) New Almaden is nearer to a big city
(c) Leadville is smaller
(d) Leadville is in the United States

5. What odd presents did Oliver send from Leadville to Susan and Ollie in Milton?
(a) A Christmas tree and a puppy
(b) Beaver skins and a gigantic elk head
(c) Liquor and candy
(d) Twenty-four canaries

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is progress stopped in the Argentina mine?

2. How does Susan's career expand at this time?

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

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

5. What is Oliver's mining job after Deadwood?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Susan's embarrassment with her husband's social abilities highlighted in this chapter?

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

4. When Augusta disapproves of Oliver, what characteristics in Susan are brought to light?

5. Is Susan a good caretaker?

6. Why was it so unusual for Susan to enter the mine at New Almaden?

7. Why is Lyman so uncomfortable around Shelley?

8. How is the trip from Denver to Leadville symbolic of the Wards' marriage?

9. Why doesn't Susan want Oliver to accept the job in Bolivia?

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

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