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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. Who is Lizzie?
(a) Oliver's first wife
(b) Susan's sister
(c) Lyman's grand-daughter
(d) A young woman who Susan brings along to serve as cook and housekeeper in New Almaden

2. What is Lyman's fear?
(a) Ed will accidentally hurt himself
(b) That Ada will fall down the stairs while carrying him
(c) Shelley will leave with Larry
(d) That his son will place him into an institution and take away his freedom.

3. What happens to Pricey?
(a) He stays with Susan and Oliver
(b) He recovers and runs for Senate
(c) Oliver sends him home to England
(d) He dies

4. What is Susan's first clue that her marriage may not be everything she has dreamed?
(a) Oliver fails to send her train fare to join him in California
(b) Oliver gives her the wrong address of their new home
(c) Oliver disappears on their wedding night
(d) Oliver says another woman's name at the wedding service

5. How does Oliver look in the procession of people headed to the mine for inspection?
(a) Out of place in his Colorado gear, while eveyrone else is dressed in splendor
(b) Like an Indian
(c) Like an eastern gentleman
(d) Like a prince

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Susan occupy her time while Oliver and the others are inspecting the mine?

2. Susan is searching Oliver's eyes to see if he is still drinking. What is Oliver looking for in Susan's eyes?

3. What does Susan tell Mrs. Elliott that shocks the older woman?

4. What news does Oliver have when he returns to Don Gustavo's house after seeing the mine?

5. What does the conversation between Lyman and Shelley become after the writing suggestions?

(see the answer key)

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