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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter LV - LXII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a nabob?
(a) People who gradually go from being poor to rich.
(b) People who spend their lives trying to become rich, but remain poor.
(c) People who have too much money to spend and try to become poor.
(d) People who go from being poor to rich quickly.

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

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. How many soldiers do the travelers encounter at Fort Bridger?
(a) Sixty.
(b) One hundred and sixty.
(c) Seventy.
(d) One hundred and seventy.

5. What is pocket mining?
(a) Looking for small pockets of gold in abandoned mines.
(b) Looking for small pockets of gold on the terrain's surface.
(c) Looking for small pockets of gold under water.
(d) Looking for small pockets of gold just below the terrain's surface.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What salary does the narrator start off with while working at the newspaper?

3. Which area is rumored to be rich with silver?

4. Where does the author start out on his journey?

5. What is the result of the first fight between Slade and Jules?

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