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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 7, Chapter 6 | Book 7, Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Susan ask of Oliver that he cannot give her?
(a) Stop smoking
(b) Stop drinking
(c) Stop being an engineer
(d) Stop riding horses

2. Why does Lyman call himself a "man of stone"?
(a) Because he is physically unable to move his head from side to side.
(b) He is taking steroids
(c) His family name is Stone
(d) He is mute.

3. Lyman is thinking about his wife in this chapter. What is her name?
(a) Susan
(b) Ada
(c) Ellen
(d) Lizzie

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

5. Oliver is offered a mining job in another country - which one?
(a) China
(b) Spain
(c) Bolivia
(d) Australia

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Ollie in this chapter?

2. Who does Susan kiss in error upon her and Ollie's arrival in Leadville?

3. Why is progress stopped in the Argentina mine?

4. Where do the Wards go after New Almaden?

5. What job offer does Oliver finally take?

(see the answer key)

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