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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 8, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Susan like about the Boise Canyon?
(a) The shopping
(b) The dust and wind
(c) The beauty, the birds and the quiet
(d) The people in the town

2. Where do Susan and the baby go when he takes the job?
(a) They stay in Santa Cruz with Mrs. Elliott
(b) with Oliver
(c) Back to Milton, New York, to live with Susan's parents
(d) Mexico

3. What has happened to the irrigation project?
(a) It has been taken over by the government
(b) It is succeeding beyond expectations
(c) It was engineered incorrectly
(d) The financial backing has stopped again

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

5. Where do Oliver, Susan and their traveling party stay on their trip leaving Mexico?
(a) They ride straight through, sleeping while riding
(b) In caves
(c) At huge mansions along the way, courtesy of Don Gustavo
(d) In a tent

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the bad news her mother tells her on the first day home?

2. How does Susan occupy her time during the years the Wards are waiting for financial backing on the irrigation project?

3. Why does Susan agree to marry Oliver?

4. Who does Susan kiss in error upon her and Ollie's arrival in Leadville?

5. What sad news does Augusta's first letter to Susan in New Almaden include?

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