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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 is the name of the big black dog that Oliver has for Susan's protection?
(a) Stranger
(b) Bruce
(c) Willlie
(d) Fido

2. How does the small Ward cabin figure in Leadville society?
(a) It is located near the train station
(b) Susan's wit, conversational abilities and homemaking skills make it a welcome gathering spot for a wide variety of cultures and people.
(c) It has no signifigance whatsoever
(d) The Leadville children think it is haunted

3. How is this chapter different from others, from the perspective of the Ward marriage?
(a) It is shorter than the others
(b) Shelley wrote it
(c) Lyman is allowing the intimacy of a young married couple to be shown
(d) It is written from the point of view of the baby

4. How does Oliver look in the procession of people headed to the mine for inspection?
(a) Out of place in his Colorado gear, while eveyrone else is dressed in splendor
(b) Like an eastern gentleman
(c) Like a prince
(d) Like an Indian

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the Ward family get to move into their new house?

2. What is the dream that Susan will lose if the cement is not successful?

3. Who is Shelley Rasmussen?

4. What are Susan's hopes about Thomas Hudson?

5. What does Susan ask of Oliver that he cannot give her?

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