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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 happens to Ollie in this chapter?
(a) He has a birthday
(b) He becomes ill again
(c) He is bitten by a rattlesnake
(d) He gets a horse

2. What unusual event occurred at New Almaden?
(a) Susan went down into the mine
(b) Susan opened a restaurant
(c) Augusta came to see Susan
(d) Oliver had an affair

3. Who is Don Gustavo?
(a) The name of the town
(b) Emelita's husband
(c) The name of the horse Susan rides in Mexico
(d) The host for the Ward visit, and a principal in the mine where Oliver is considering being employed

4. What is the bad news her mother tells her on the first day home?
(a) Thomas is severely ill
(b) Her mother is expecting a baby
(c) Augusta has passed away
(d) Her sister Bessie is ill

5. Why is Susan intent upon Oliver pursuing a career other than mining?
(a) She is allergic to mine dust
(b) Susan wants to travel
(c) Susan thinks engineering is boring
(d) She wants her family to have a permanent home, as Augusta and Thomas have

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Oliver's next mining job?

2. Why is Susan angry at Oliver?

3. What has happened to the irrigation project?

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

5. How does Susan perceive the move to Boise?

(see the answer key)

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