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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Twain examining in Roughing It?
(a) The underestimation of the economy in the area he visits.
(b) The overestimation of the economy in the area he visits.
(c) The economic boom of the area he visits.
(d) The economic crash of the area he visits.

2. In the story the narrator tells, how is Hank Monk taken to his destination?
(a) At high speed on horseback.
(b) Slowly on horseback.
(c) Slowly in a stagecoach.
(d) At high speed in a stagecoach.

3. Which one of the following is NOT found in the Great American Desert?
(a) Indian money.
(b) Wagon parts.
(c) Bones.
(d) Relics.

4. What is interesting about Carson Lake?
(a) It has two known outlets.
(b) It has no known outlet.
(c) It has an infinite number of outlets.
(d) It has four known outlets.

5. What causes the driver to lose the road one night?
(a) A patch of mud.
(b) A tornado.
(c) A hurricane.
(d) A rainstorm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that the narrator envies the most about his brother's new job?

2. How much do the seats aboard the mail coach heading towards Carson City cost for the narrator and his brother?

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

4. How many followers of the Governor does Mrs. O'Flannigan's ranch host?

5. As they are having breakfast, what does Slade offer the narrator?

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