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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one thing that can be seen from the porch of the ranch house?
(a) A few skyscrapers on the San Francisco skyline.
(b) A redwood forest.
(c) The Sacramento River.
(d) The Pacific Ocean.

2. Where does Eileen first move when she leaves her homeland?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Spain.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Canada.

3. What is Eileen determined to do at any cost?
(a) Send her sons to college.
(b) Save her home.
(c) Send her sons to her home in Canada.
(d) Send her sons to her home in England.

4. What did Jaime find twice?
(a) Gold.
(b) A way around Eileen's legal problems.
(c) A way to send one son to Ireland.
(d) A lost calf.

5. At what age does Sean have his first sea voyage?
(a) 19.
(b) 21.
(c) 14.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Eileen live after her father dies?

2. Who is Zeke Wooston?

3. What is one thing that has put the farm at risk?

4. What is the name of Sean's boat?

5. Who is described as a smuggler and swindler?

(see the answer key)

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