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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XL - XLVIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the author start out on his journey?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) San Diego.
(d) Kansas City.

2. Where are the vigilantes from that hang Slade?
(a) California.
(b) Montana.
(c) Wyoming.
(d) Iowa.

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

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

5. How many feet of dirt is Hyde's ranch buried underneath?
(a) Thirty-eight.
(b) Eighty-three.
(c) Eighty-four.
(d) Forty-eight.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do the travelers stay at Salt Lake City before packing food and leaving?

2. When does the book take place?

3. During their second unsuccessful attempt at starting a fire, how many matches does the party burn?

4. How long does the narrator's crew rest in Carson City before heading back to Esmeralda?

5. What is a nabob?

(see the answer key)

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