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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapter 3 | Book 3, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the weather like on the trip to New Almaden?
(a) Cool and breezy
(b) Icy and cold
(c) Hot and dusty
(d) pleasantly warm

2. What advice does Mrs. Elliott give to Susan?
(a) Get rid of Marian the nanny
(b) Allow Oliver to return to engineering work rather than concentrate on marketing cement?
(c) Become a boarding house manager
(d) Leave the baby with her when they move to Bolivia

3. What is a good description of the Ward home?
(a) A section of a boardinghouse
(b) Wide veranda, clean and comfortable house
(c) Tumble down shack
(d) House trailer

4. Why is Susan intent upon Oliver pursuing a career other than mining?
(a) Susan wants to travel
(b) She wants her family to have a permanent home, as Augusta and Thomas have
(c) Susan thinks engineering is boring
(d) She is allergic to mine dust

5. What are Susan's hopes about Thomas Hudson?
(a) That he will move west
(b) That he will purchase a horse for her
(c) That he will ask her to marry him, or at least stay single so she, Thomas, and Augusta will be an eternal threesome.
(d) That he will buy her family's home so she can move the entire family west

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the big black dog that Oliver has for Susan's protection?

2. Where is Susan and Oliver's first home?

3. How does Susan view Lizzie?

4. Oliver has news for Susan when he returns to Santa Cruz - what is it?

5. How is this chapter different from others, from the perspective of the Ward marriage?

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