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

2. Where do Susan and the baby go when he takes the job?
(a) Mexico
(b) Back to Milton, New York, to live with Susan's parents
(c) They stay in Santa Cruz with Mrs. Elliott
(d) with Oliver

3. How did Lyman first hear of Susan and Oliver's time in Mexico?
(a) His mother told him
(b) He read it in a letter from Susan to Augusta
(c) It was in a newspaper clipping
(d) He was doing a school project about Mexico and his grandmother told him the story.

4. Where is Oliver's next mining job?
(a) Bolivia
(b) Santa Cruz
(c) New Almaden
(d) Deadwood in the Black Hills of the Dakotas

5. Why is Susan angry at Oliver?
(a) Because Oliver finishes his assignments for the company before departing.
(b) Because he did not put the toilet seat down
(c) Because he turned down the severance pay
(d) Because she wanted him to continue working there

Short Answer Questions

1. What criticism does Shelley offer about Lyman's writing?

2. Who meets her train when she arrives at her destination?

3. Who is Emelita?

4. What does the conversation between Lyman and Shelley become after the writing suggestions?

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

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