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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 8, Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is this chapter different from others, from the perspective of the Ward marriage?
(a) It is written from the point of view of the baby
(b) It is shorter than the others
(c) Lyman is allowing the intimacy of a young married couple to be shown
(d) Shelley wrote it

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

3. Why is progress stopped in the Argentina mine?
(a) Ownership has been questioned and it is tied up in litigation.
(b) An explosion closed the mine
(c) It has been moved to Denver
(d) There is nothing to mine there

4. Oliver is offered a mining job in another country - which one?
(a) Spain
(b) Bolivia
(c) Australia
(d) China

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the age difference between Susan and Frank

2. When the money runs out and the group is facing a winter of no work, what do they decide to do?

3. To what does Shelley compare the commune?

4. What memory does Susan reflect upon as she and Oliver prepare to leave Mexico?

5. What does Frank tell Susan he misses the most?

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