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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 8, Chapter 1 | Book 8, Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Susan discover about her husband one night as he returns from meetings with potential backers in Boise?
(a) He has another woman
(b) He has been drinking and is drunk
(c) He does not know how to read
(d) He has been hiding money from her

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

3. Who is Marian Prouse?
(a) The genteel woman sent from Oliver's family in Connecticut to assist Susan in New Almaden with the new baby.
(b) An author Susan admires
(c) Oliver's sister
(d) Augusta's brother

4. What sad news does Augusta's first letter to Susan in New Almaden include?
(a) Augusta and Thomas's baby died of diptheria
(b) Thomas has lost his job
(c) Augusta and Thomas are divorcing
(d) Thomas has passed away

5. What odd presents did Oliver send from Leadville to Susan and Ollie in Milton?
(a) Twenty-four canaries
(b) Liquor and candy
(c) A Christmas tree and a puppy
(d) Beaver skins and a gigantic elk head

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who has returned to the canyon to help with the new efforts on the irrigation scheme?

3. How does Susan deal with her frustration?

4. Why is Oliver upset with Susan in this chapter?

5. Who is Clarence King?

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