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

2. How does Susan view Lizzie?
(a) A competitor for Oliver's attention
(b) Stong, patient, resilient mother who has accepted her conditions well.
(c) A thief
(d) A noisy, bothersome helpmate

3. Why doesn't Ollie come with Susan to Leadville?
(a) He has refused to come see his father
(b) Her parents have kidnapped him
(c) Augusta has asked to keep him
(d) He has taken ill and needs to recover

4. Why is Oliver upset with Susan in this chapter?
(a) She is writing to Frank Sargeant
(b) She is seeing Thomas
(c) She did not tell him about the baby until it had already been born
(d) She is not writing

5. Who does Frank call on when he goes back east to visit his family?
(a) Susan's parents
(b) Augusta
(c) Pricey
(d) Susan's sister Bessie

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprise does Oliver have for Susan?

2. What was the weather like on the trip to New Almaden?

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

4. What odd presents did Oliver send from Leadville to Susan and Ollie in Milton?

5. How does Oliver look in the procession of people headed to the mine for inspection?

(see the answer key)

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