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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. There is trouble in Leadville with Oliver's claim. What has happened?
(a) Frank has stolen it from him
(b) Another company has tried to jump his claim
(c) He has worked the wrong claim
(d) He filed it incorrectly

2. What does Lyman originally think of Shelley?
(a) That she is loud and brazen, completely different from his grandmother who was genteel and always dressed impeccably
(b) that she is shy and boring
(c) that she will steal his story ideas and write her own book
(d) that she is attractive and fun

3. What is Susan's attitude towards Oliver during this time in New Almaden?
(a) She is in love and sees no faults
(b) She considers an immediate divorce
(c) She admires him for his handiness and intelligence, but is dismayed by his lack of ambition and business judgement.
(d) She believes he compares favorably with Thomas

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

5. What is a good description of the Ward home?
(a) House trailer
(b) Wide veranda, clean and comfortable house
(c) Tumble down shack
(d) A section of a boardinghouse

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the next mining job for Oliver?

2. Where do Susan and Oliver first meet?

3. What is the purpose of Oliver's visit to the Michoacan mine

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

5. What brings her back to the canyon in Idaho?

(see the answer key)

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