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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter X-XVIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the tone of the book?
(a) Fabricated.
(b) Serious.
(c) Humorous.
(d) Formal.

3. How many miles away from St. Joseph have the narrator and his brother traveled by the end of Chapter IX?
(a) Seven hundred and seventy-six.
(b) Six hundred and seventy-six.
(c) Seven hundred and eighty-seven.
(d) Six hundred and eighty-seven.

4. What two bodies of water do the streams at the top of the South Pass empty into?
(a) The Mississippi River and the Missouri River.
(b) The Pacific Ocean and the Mississippi River.
(c) The Indian Ocean and the Missouri River.
(d) The Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.

5. What animal do the travelers shoot at as the stagecoach enters Nevada?
(a) Deer.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Squirrels.
(d) Ducks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take the narrator and his brother to reach St. Joseph on the steamboat?

2. What state in particular is the backdrop for the mining adventures described in the story?

3. What is the term Gentiles used to describe?

4. What prevents the author from attaining his goal?

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

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