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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 8, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Susan view Lizzie?
(a) Stong, patient, resilient mother who has accepted her conditions well.
(b) A competitor for Oliver's attention
(c) A noisy, bothersome helpmate
(d) A thief

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

3. Where did Oliver live while he was waiting for his house to be finished?
(a) In a tent
(b) At Mother Fall's Boardinghouse
(c) With friends
(d) In a car

4. What surprise does Oliver have for Susan?
(a) He has brought her family from MIlton
(b) He has bought her some flowers
(c) He has learned a new language
(d) He has built her a house on the mesa

5. Who is Bradford Burns?
(a) One of Frank's friends
(b) A friend of Augusta's
(c) A fellow writer
(d) A lawyer who files claims on land belonging to Augusta & Thomas, and to Bessie and John

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Susan upset with Oliver?

2. After several years of waiting for financial backers, what happens to Frank and Wiley?

3. What is a good description of the Ward home?

4. What happens to Ollie in this chapter?

5. This chapter highlights several of Oliver's traits - what are some of them?

(see the answer key)

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