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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As they are having breakfast, what does Slade offer the narrator?
(a) The last cup of coffee.
(b) The first two eggs.
(c) The last two eggs.
(d) The first cup of coffee.

2. How long do the travelers stay at Salt Lake City before packing food and leaving?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Two days.
(c) Three days.
(d) One week.

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

4. According to the driver, what lake do the Mormons gather saleratus from?
(a) Burlington Lake.
(b) Soda Lake.
(c) Gray Rocks Reservoir.
(d) La Prele Reservoir.

5. When does the great Indian Mail Robbery take place?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1864.
(c) 1846.
(d) 1856.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the snow-covered mountains especially impressive to the narrator?

2. How many soldiers do the travelers encounter at Fort Bridger?

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

4. Where is Hebert C. Kimball from?

5. How many miles away from St. Joseph have the narrator and his brother traveled by the end of Chapter IX?

(see the answer key)

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