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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XXXII - XXXV.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When do the narrator and his friends begin their trip to mine for silver?
(a) December.
(b) September.
(c) February.
(d) November.

3. What makes the snow-covered mountains especially impressive to the narrator?
(a) The season.
(b) The weather.
(c) The abundance of snow on the tops.
(d) The lack of snow on the tops.

4. What is Hawaii called in the book?
(a) The Sandwich Islands.
(b) The Cookie Islands.
(c) The Leftover Islands.
(d) The Pineapple Islands.

5. What are the followers supposed to bring back after they survey the east area?
(a) Beetles.
(b) Tarantulas.
(c) Grasshoppers.
(d) Snakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the names given to the accumulated claims described?

2. How much property does it reportedly take to accumulate a fortune in mining?

3. What is the term Gentiles used to describe?

4. What gift does Capt. John Nye have?

5. How many people live in Carson City?

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