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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 6, Chapter 2 | Book 7, Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who joins the Wards in the irrigation project as an employee?
(a) Mrs. Elliott
(b) Pricey
(c) Frank Sargeant
(d) Lizzie

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

4. What does Susan tell Augusta and Thomas that she has not told her husband yet?
(a) She has sold his elk head
(b) She is carrying their second child
(c) She has sold a book
(d) She is getting divorced

5. What task has Oliver given to Susan while he is gone?
(a) To buy some pots
(b) To find a house if he decides to take the job
(c) To write to her family for money
(d) To spy on Emelita

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the small Ward cabin figure in Leadville society?

2. Why does Susan find the advice confusing?

3. What is the reason for the Wards' financial problems when Susan arrives?

4. Why was Thomas Hudson a frail and sickly man?

5. What is Susan's main character trait in this chapter?

(see the answer key)

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