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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 mountain does the narrator see as he is leaving for California?
(a) Mt. Maclure.
(b) Mt. Clark.
(c) Mt. Linn.
(d) Mt. Davidson.

2. What does Morgan claim during the court case?
(a) That Hyde is responsible for moving his house.
(b) That Hyde should have known better than to build a ranch so close to his property.
(c) That he has a right to stay where his house is now located.
(d) That he should be compensated by the government for his dilemma.

3. What does the narrator's party shoot at to start a fire?
(a) A pile of dirt.
(b) A pile of sage bush.
(c) A pile of loose branches.
(d) A pile of leaves.

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

5. How long is the Great American Desert?
(a) Forty miles.
(b) Fifty Miles.
(c) Sixty miles.
(d) Thirty miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Jack Williams killed?

2. When do the narrator and his friends begin their trip to mine for silver?

3. What is the term Gentiles used to describe?

4. How fast does a Pony Express rider travel?

5. Why does Mr. Higbie join the narrator's party?

(see the answer key)

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