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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, Chapter 2 | Book 5, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What odd presents did Oliver send from Leadville to Susan and Ollie in Milton?
(a) Beaver skins and a gigantic elk head
(b) A Christmas tree and a puppy
(c) Liquor and candy
(d) Twenty-four canaries

2. 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

3. What does the conversation between Lyman and Shelley become after the writing suggestions?
(a) An argument about what to have for dinner
(b) A conversation about television
(c) A conversation about the difference of victorian era sexual attitudes and those of 1970 hippies.
(d) The beginning of an affair between Lyman and Shelley

4. What does Oliver tell Susan about his manager at the mine?
(a) That he is a cruel man who does not like Oliver and will probably find a way to fire him.
(b) He owes money to the company
(c) He is a good man with a generous heart
(d) He is cheating on his wife

5. Who is Ferd Ward?
(a) Oliver's grandfather
(b) Distant cousin to Oliver, a financial Wall Street wizard
(c) Oliver's father
(d) Oliver's sister

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lyman resist Shelley's suggestions?

2. Where did Oliver live while he was waiting for his house to be finished?

3. Where is Oliver's next mining job?

4. When Susan returns home to Milton to spend the winter and get Ollie, what project does she begin?

5. Why is Al Sutton important to this story?

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