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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. What is the purpose of Oliver's visit to the Michoacan mine
(a) To become a citizen of Mexico
(b) To buy property
(c) To locate a missing engineer
(d) To determine whether reports of a rich vein of silver is true

2. How does Susan occupy her time while Oliver and the others are inspecting the mine?
(a) She assists Emelita in cleaning the house
(b) She takes long rides in the country
(c) She watches television
(d) She works on her illustrations and writing

3. What was the weather like on the trip to New Almaden?
(a) Cool and breezy
(b) Hot and dusty
(c) pleasantly warm
(d) Icy and cold

4. What does Susan tell Mrs. Elliott that shocks the older woman?
(a) Susan's income from writing and illustrating is the only money the Ward family has at the moment
(b) Susan and Oliver are Hindu
(c) Susan is going to buy the boardinghouse
(d) Susan is in love with another man

5. What does the conversation between Lyman and Shelley become after the writing suggestions?
(a) A conversation about the difference of victorian era sexual attitudes and those of 1970 hippies.
(b) The beginning of an affair between Lyman and Shelley
(c) A conversation about television
(d) An argument about what to have for dinner

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Ollie come with Susan to Leadville?

2. Why does Susan agree to marry Oliver?

3. When Susan returns home to Milton to spend the winter and get Ollie, what project does she begin?

4. What does Lyman originally think of Shelley?

5. Who is Shelley Rasmussen?

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