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

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

3. What happened on the day Susan first arrived in Leadville?
(a) Oliver got fired
(b) Two men were hung in front of the courthouse
(c) Colorado statehood was passed
(d) Frank got married

4. What is the next job offer that Oliver gets?
(a) Join the Geological Survey
(b) Become a professor of engineering
(c) Run a saloon in Leadville
(d) To write for Harpers Weekly

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Oliver's next mining job?

2. Where is Susan and Oliver's first home?

3. Why is Al Sutton important to this story?

4. Who is Lyman's father?

5. Why does Lyman Ward return to his family home?

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