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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 is Susan's observation about the lives of Mexican women?
(a) They spend all their time in school
(b) They are free to do what they like
(c) They are all prisoners in the male-dominated society
(d) They are all ignorant

2. Why is everyone concerned about Larry being around Shelley?
(a) Because Shelley is pregnant with Lyman's child
(b) Because Larry once threatened to cut Shelley's throat.
(c) Because Shelley is allergic to Larry's cologne
(d) Because Larry has a bad cold

3. Why didn't Oliver send the train fare for his wife and her maid?
(a) He gambled away the money
(b) He did send it, but it got lost in the mail
(c) He forgot
(d) He did not have the money to send

4. What is their cook's name?
(a) Charley Wan
(b) Julia Child
(c) Hop Sing
(d) Robert Mancel

5. Why does Oliver quit the New Almaden mine?
(a) He was turned down for a promotion
(b) He has found another job
(c) He realizes he cannot do the job satisfactorily
(d) Because he is ordered to tear down a fired man's house, and he refuses to do so.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oliver has news for Susan when he returns to Santa Cruz - what is it?

2. Why is the baby nicknamed Ollie?

3. How does Lyman's wife tell him she is leaving him for his surgeon?

4. How does Susan perceive the move to Boise?

5. How does Susan occupy her time during the years the Wards are waiting for financial backing on the irrigation project?

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