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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Susan's new form of income?

3. Who is Shelley Rasmussen?

4. Who is Marian Prouse?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is Oliver unsuccessful in his attempts to market his invention?

5. How is Lyman's situation similar to that of Oliver?

6. Is life harmonious and happy for the Wards in Leadville?

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

8. How is Susan's transformation into a western woman exemplified in this chapter?

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

10. What attracted Susan to Oliver?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Susan was influenced by many people in her life. Choose one to write on, using the interaction between Susan and that person, and the extent of the influence:

1) Augusta

2) Thomas

3) Oliver

4) Frank

Essay Topic 2

What qualities did Susan admire in Augusta that she herself did not have? How did Susan shape her life to be more like Augusta's life? What did Augusta have that Susan wanted?

Essay Topic 3

Could Susan have been a mining engineer? Why or why not?

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