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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Wide West?
(a) A newspaper column.
(b) A term used to describe the unsettled Nevada country.
(c) A novel.
(d) A mining company.

2. Where is the monument for Captain Cook located?
(a) Kapilo Bay.
(b) Mokuakae Bay.
(c) Kealakekua Bay.
(d) Alika Bay.

3. What newspaper does the narrator become the editor for after his mining career does not pan out?
(a) The Times.
(b) The Standard.
(c) The Review.
(d) The Enterprise.

4. What is the name of the paper that the narrator is supposed to write for in Virginia, before it goes out of print?
(a) The Monthly Occidental.
(b) The Weekly Occidental.
(c) The Yearly Occidental.
(d) The Daily Occidental.

5. What does the narrator do before he leaves to visit Capt. John Nye?
(a) He leaves a note on the door for Higbie.
(b) He stops by the trading post to get food.
(c) He stops by the doctor's office to get medical supplies.
(d) He leaves a note on the door for his brother.

6. How many miles does the narrator travel to the islands of Mono Lake?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Sixteen.

7. How long does the narrator stay with Capt. John Nye to help him through his spasmodic rheumatism?
(a) Five days.
(b) Eleven days.
(c) Nine days.
(d) Fourteen days.

8. How many temples does the narrator see in the City of Refuge?
(a) Three.
(b) None.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

9. What state does a friend suggest the narrator travel to and sell Nevada mining property?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) New York.
(d) Connecticut.

10. Why does the narrator resign as chief editor of the newspaper so quickly?
(a) He cannot produce enough content.
(b) He receives a better offer from a different paper.
(c) He has an argument with another writer.
(d) The pay is not enough for him to live on.

11. How is the Whiteman Cement Mine described?
(a) Elusive.
(b) Fabricated.
(c) Accessible.
(d) Buried.

12. What is the weather like when the narrator encounters the highway bandits after a lecture?
(a) It is raining.
(b) It is mild.
(c) It is cold.
(d) It is hot.

13. What is the rich ledge called that Mr. Higbie discovers in the beginning of Chapter XL?
(a) A blind lead.
(b) A blind claim.
(c) A blind spot.
(d) A blind mine.

14. Where is the narrator giving a lecture when he encounters the highway bandits?
(a) San Diego.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Amarillo.
(d) Virginia.

15. What two places does the narrator visit while in Honolulu?
(a) Sand Island and the King Pineapple Grove.
(b) Sand Island and the King Coconut Grove.
(c) Diamond Head and the King Coconut Grove.
(d) Diamond Head and the King Pineapple Grove.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the preacher, Erickson, originally from?

2. How is Nookes thrown overboard from Blakely's boat?

3. Where does Boggs trick the narrator into waiting for him in hopes of getting a story?

4. Although his work is never published in the paper, what does the narrator write specifically for The Occidental?

5. Why did one of the Germans give their map to Mr. Whiteman?

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