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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 8, Chapter 1 | Book 8, Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Ollie almost lose his life in the canyon?
(a) He slipped on a bridge and almost went into the swift, cold river
(b) He got lost in the plains
(c) He fell off his horse
(d) He was bitten by a snake

3. Susan is distressed about leaving and encourages her husband to do what?
(a) Turn in a positive report rather than tell the truth about the mine
(b) Find another job in Mexico
(c) Hire Emelita for her maid
(d) Return to the USA without her

4. When Lyman's mother dies, who takes responsibility for his education?
(a) The state of Colorado
(b) Frank Sargeant
(c) His grandmother, Susan Ward
(d) Pricey

5. How did Lyman first hear of Susan and Oliver's time in Mexico?
(a) He read it in a letter from Susan to Augusta
(b) His mother told him
(c) He was doing a school project about Mexico and his grandmother told him the story.
(d) It was in a newspaper clipping

Short Answer Questions

1. When the money runs out and the group is facing a winter of no work, what do they decide to do?

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

3. What is the conclusion of the discussion between Oliver and Susan in Mexico?

4. What is Susan's new form of income?

5. This chapter highlights several of Oliver's traits - what are some of them?

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