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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Capt. John Nye help the narrator's party find?
(a) Food and shelter for their horses.
(b) Food for their horses, but not shelter.
(c) Shelter for their horses, but not food.
(d) Food and shelter for the men, but not for their horses.

2. How much do the seats aboard the mail coach heading towards Carson City cost for the narrator and his brother?
(a) One hundred and fifty dollars each.
(b) One hundred and fifty dollars total.
(c) One hundred dollars total.
(d) One hundred dollars each.

3. Who is the referee in the court case between Hyde and Morgan?
(a) The former governor of California.
(b) The former secretary of state of California.
(c) The former governor of Nevada.
(d) The former secretary of state of Nevada.

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

5. How do the miners claim the ledge on the side of the mountain?
(a) With a verbal declaration.
(b) With a stranger as a witness.
(c) With a notice.
(d) With a mark made by a rock.

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

7. How many miles of mail service does the owner of the Division Superintendent oversee?
(a) Three hundred and fifty.
(b) One hundred and fifty.
(c) Two hundred and fifty.
(d) Four hundred and fifty.

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

9. What causes the driver to lose the road one night?
(a) A tornado.
(b) A hurricane.
(c) A rainstorm.
(d) A patch of mud.

10. How is the coyote described in the story?
(a) As a fast animal that takes off at the first sign of threat.
(b) As a fast animal that does not know how to leave at the sign of threat.
(c) As a slow animal that attempts to take off at the first sign of threat.
(d) As a slow animal that does not know how to leave at the sign of threat.

11. What moves Morgan's house on top of Hyde's ranch?
(a) An avalanche.
(b) A tornado.
(c) A hurricane.
(d) A landslide.

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

13. 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 Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.
(d) The Indian Ocean and the Missouri River.

14. How many novels had Mark Twain written before Roughing It?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) None.
(d) Two.

15. How many miles from Salt Lake City does Chapter XIX begin?
(a) Two hundred.
(b) One hundred and fifty.
(c) Two hundred and fifty.
(d) One hundred.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many followers of the Governor does Mrs. O'Flannigan's ranch host?

3. How many feet of dirt is Hyde's ranch buried underneath?

4. What happens to the mules as they become tired from the heat of the desert?

5. What is the term Gentiles used to describe?

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