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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapter 7 | Book 4, Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the reason for the Wards' financial problems when Susan arrives?
(a) The mine supervisor originally said the improvements to the Ward home would be paid for by the mine, then changed his mind
(b) Oliver has lost his job
(c) Oliver has an opium habit
(d) Susan has spent too much money on her wardrobe

3. Who is Marian Prouse?
(a) An author Susan admires
(b) Augusta's brother
(c) Oliver's sister
(d) The genteel woman sent from Oliver's family in Connecticut to assist Susan in New Almaden with the new baby.

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

5. Why doesn't Susan become friends with any of the people in New Almaden?
(a) She lives too far away
(b) She considers them boring
(c) Oliver does not allow her to mingle with them
(d) She does not speak their language

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oliver tell Susan about his manager at the mine?

2. Why does Lyman begin fictionalizing his grandparents' lives in a novel?

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

4. Why is Susan angry at Oliver?

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

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