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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XIX-XXV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the desert wanderer react when he is prevented from telling the same story about Hank Monk?
(a) He dies.
(b) He falls asleep.
(c) He begins telling jokes.
(d) He jumps off the stagecoach.

2. How many people has Slade killed, as mentioned in the book?
(a) Twenty-six.
(b) Twenty-nine.
(c) Twenty-eight.
(d) Twenty-seven.

3. What prevents the author from attaining his goal?
(a) People.
(b) Mistakes.
(c) The economy.
(d) Nature.

4. Where are the vigilantes from that hang Slade?
(a) Montana.
(b) Wyoming.
(c) Iowa.
(d) California.

5. How many days has the coach been traveling when it reaches Carson City?
(a) Twenty-six.
(b) Twenty-four.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Eighteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the mining business taking place during the time the book was written?

2. What type of mines does the author encounter in the book?

3. Which one of the following is NOT found in the Great American Desert?

4. As the narrator recounts, who is the stage carrying that the Goshoot Indians once attacked?

5. How often are the horses switched that are pulling the mail coach on the way to Carson City?

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