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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 does Susan encourage Oliver to do instead of moving their family to another country?
(a) Become a writer like her
(b) Become a hotel manager
(c) Become a salesman for Sears
(d) Continue trying to invent hydraulic cement

2. 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.

3. What was the weather like on the trip to New Almaden?
(a) pleasantly warm
(b) Cool and breezy
(c) Icy and cold
(d) Hot and dusty

4. What is the bad news her mother tells her on the first day home?
(a) Her sister Bessie is ill
(b) Her mother is expecting a baby
(c) Thomas is severely ill
(d) Augusta has passed away

5. Why was Thomas Hudson a frail and sickly man?
(a) He was a vegetarian
(b) He had been injured in the war.
(c) He abused alcohol
(d) He had cancer

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Susan deal with her frustration?

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

3. What are Susan's hopes about Thomas Hudson?

4. Why does Oliver quit the New Almaden mine?

5. Why is everyone concerned about Larry being around Shelley?

(see the answer key)

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