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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. What is the dream that Susan will lose if the cement is not successful?
(a) To buy the boardinghouse
(b) To buy a large diamond ring
(c) Building a mansion in Santa Cruz that rivals Augusta's home in New York and a permanent home
(d) To take a cruise around the world

2. How old is Ollie when he is first sent away to school?
(a) 12
(b) 5
(c) 14
(d) 18

3. Why is progress stopped in the Argentina mine?
(a) It has been moved to Denver
(b) Ownership has been questioned and it is tied up in litigation.
(c) There is nothing to mine there
(d) An explosion closed the mine

4. How does Susan occupy her time during the years the Wards are waiting for financial backing on the irrigation project?
(a) Sewing quilts and selling them in Boise
(b) Doing portraits for money
(c) Writing novels and continuing her illustrations for books and magazines
(d) Teaching the town children

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Susan like about the Boise Canyon?

2. Who is Ferd Ward?

3. What does Oliver tell Susan about his manager at the mine?

4. Who is charged with the care of Pricey after his injury?

5. What was the weather like on the trip to New Almaden?

(see the answer key)

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