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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 8, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Oliver has news for Susan when he returns to Santa Cruz - what is it?
(a) He is moving the family to Bolivia
(b) He has successfully invented hydraulic cement
(c) He has found a job in Milton New York
(d) He has found them another place to live

2. How does Oliver look in the procession of people headed to the mine for inspection?
(a) Like an eastern gentleman
(b) Like a prince
(c) Out of place in his Colorado gear, while eveyrone else is dressed in splendor
(d) Like an Indian

3. What is the dream that Susan will lose if the cement is not successful?
(a) Building a mansion in Santa Cruz that rivals Augusta's home in New York and a permanent home
(b) To take a cruise around the world
(c) To buy a large diamond ring
(d) To buy the boardinghouse

4. Who is Bradford Burns?
(a) A fellow writer
(b) A friend of Augusta's
(c) A lawyer who files claims on land belonging to Augusta & Thomas, and to Bessie and John
(d) One of Frank's friends

5. What advice does Mrs. Elliott give to Susan?
(a) Become a boarding house manager
(b) Get rid of Marian the nanny
(c) Leave the baby with her when they move to Bolivia
(d) Allow Oliver to return to engineering work rather than concentrate on marketing cement?

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Susan tell Augusta and Thomas that she has not told her husband yet?

2. Who is Don Gustavo?

3. What is a recurring plot device used by the author?

4. Why is Susan upset with Oliver?

5. Why does Susan agree to marry Oliver?

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