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

2. Why is Susan upset with Oliver?
(a) He was late arriving from Boise
(b) He brought another elk head with him
(c) He has taken on an irrigation project instead of a mining job and did not tell her
(d) He forgot to bring her a present

3. How many years after their first meeting do Susan and Oliver wait to marry?
(a) 2 years
(b) 15 years
(c) 8 years
(d) 10 years

4. What news does Oliver have when he returns to Don Gustavo's house after seeing the mine?
(a) Don Gustavo fell off his horse
(b) There is no money to be made in the mine and the early reports were incorrect.
(c) The mine is full of silver
(d) The other men laughed at his clothes

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Susan and the baby go when he takes the job?

2. What reason does Augusta give Susan for disliking Oliver?

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

4. Who is Bradford Burns?

5. Oliver is offered a mining job in another country - which one?

(see the answer key)

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