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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XXXVI - XXXIX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does it take the narrator and his brother to reach St. Joseph on the steamboat?
(a) Six days.
(b) Five days.
(c) Eight days.
(d) Seven days.

2. What animal do the travelers shoot at as the stagecoach enters Nevada?
(a) Squirrels.
(b) Deer.
(c) Ducks.
(d) Rabbits.

3. What do the members of the party do before going to sleep on the winter night they are convinced will be their last?
(a) They begin telling jokes.
(b) They begin screaming for help.
(c) They begin crying.
(d) They begin criticizing each other.

4. How many wandering German brothers discovered the Whiteman Cement Mine?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

5. What species feed around Mono Lake?
(a) Birds.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Reptiles.
(d) Squirrels.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Slade born?

2. When does the great Indian Mail Robbery take place?

3. How many people live in Carson City?

4. When does the narrator's party leave for Mono Lake?

5. Who is the referee in the court case between Hyde and Morgan?

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