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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter I-IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many pounds of luggage are the passengers allowed on the mail coach?
(a) Twenty-five pounds.
(b) Fifty-five pounds.
(c) Thirty-five pounds.
(d) Forty-five pounds.

2. What is it about the economy and people that the author is concentrating on?
(a) The way people spend money at certain ages.
(b) The consequences of the economy on the people.
(c) The consequences of the people on the economy.
(d) The way people lose money at certain ages.

3. How do the other travelers react to Bemis' story about the buffalo that chased him?
(a) They believe most of it.
(b) They believe it.
(c) They believe some of it.
(d) They do not believe it.

4. What aspects of nature will be discussed in Roughing It?
(a) The transformation of man by nature.
(b) The destruction of nature by man.
(c) The destruction of man by nature.
(d) The transformation of nature by man.

5. How does Twain describe the book in the Prefatory?
(a) Complex and pretentious.
(b) Simple and pretentious.
(c) Complex and unpretentious.
(d) Simple and unpretentious.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the great Indian Mail Robbery take place?

2. What prevents the author from attaining his goal?

3. How far have the narrator and his brother traveled from their departure when they reach Overland City?

4. What kind of weapon does the narrator carry?

5. How many miles of mail service does the owner of the Division Superintendent oversee?

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