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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 is the coyote described in the story?
(a) As a slow animal that does not know how to leave at the sign of threat.
(b) As a fast animal that does not know how to leave at the sign of threat.
(c) As a slow animal that attempts to take off at the first sign of threat.
(d) As a fast animal that takes off at the first sign of threat.

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

3. How fast does a Pony Express rider travel?
(a) Twice as fast as the stagecoach.
(b) Half as fast as the stagecoach.
(c) The same speed as a stagecoach.
(d) Three times as fast as a stagecoach.

4. Where does the author start out on his journey?
(a) Kansas City.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) San Diego.

5. What is the Washoe Zephyr?
(a) A transparent, dusty wind that blows for fifteen hours straight.
(b) A dense, dusty wind that blows for fifteen hours straight.
(c) A transparent, dusty wind that blows for twelve hours straight.
(d) A dense, dusty wind that blows for twelve hours straight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prevents the author from attaining his goal?

2. How do the other travelers react to Bemis' story about the buffalo that chased him?

3. What two bodies of water do the streams at the top of the South Pass empty into?

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

5. How many novels had Mark Twain written before Roughing It?

(see the answer key)

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