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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. Where do Susan and Oliver first meet?
(a) In an elevator
(b) Inside a mine
(c) At a high society party
(d) On a train headed west

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

3. Rodman is concerned about his father living alone because
(a) Lyman is disabled and his caretakers are also elderly
(b) Rodman is romantically interested in Shelley
(c) Rodman wants to live in Zodiac Cottage by himself
(d) Rodman is afraid Ada will steal Lyman's money

4. What was the issue between Susan and Oliver that clouded their trip to Leadville?
(a) Oliver was drinking
(b) Susan wanted to drive the wagon
(c) Oliver had to whip the horses to keep the wagon from going over a cliff, and Susan felt he was being cruel and mean
(d) Oliver would not stop so Susan could draw

5. What observations does Shelley share with Lyman about his grandfather?
(a) Oliver was not in love with Susan
(b) Oliver had borrowed money from eveyrone
(c) Oliver was not a nice person
(d) Everyone in Grass Valley knew Oliver was an alcoholic

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Susan tell Augusta and Thomas that she has not told her husband yet?

3. What is Lyman's fear?

4. What is Susan's new form of income?

5. What is the bad news her mother tells her on the first day home?

(see the answer key)

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