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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 7, Chapter 6 | Book 7, Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the Wards go after New Almaden?
(a) San Francisco
(b) New York City, New York
(c) Santa Cruz, California, to live at Mrs. Elliott's boarding house while Oliver looks for another job
(d) Milton, New York

2. What does Susan encourage Oliver to do instead of moving their family to another country?
(a) Become a hotel manager
(b) Continue trying to invent hydraulic cement
(c) Become a writer like her
(d) Become a salesman for Sears

3. Who makes an unexpected appearance in Grass Valley?
(a) Susan Ward
(b) Ada's ex-husband
(c) Shelley's husband Larry
(d) Mark Twain

4. Why is everyone concerned about Larry being around Shelley?
(a) Because Larry once threatened to cut Shelley's throat.
(b) Because Shelley is pregnant with Lyman's child
(c) Because Larry has a bad cold
(d) Because Shelley is allergic to Larry's cologne

5. What does Susan ask of Oliver that he cannot give her?
(a) Stop drinking
(b) Stop smoking
(c) Stop riding horses
(d) Stop being an engineer

Short Answer Questions

1. There is trouble in Leadville with Oliver's claim. What has happened?

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

3. What happens to Ollie in this chapter?

4. Why does Lyman call himself a "man of stone"?

5. Why is progress stopped in the Argentina mine?

(see the answer key)

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