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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes the mining stocks to fall quickly?
(a) Nevada attempts to secede from the Union.
(b) Nevada gets a new Secretary of State.
(c) Nevada becomes another state of the Union.
(d) Nevada gets a new Governor.

2. When must work be performed on a new claim to prevent it from being relocated?
(a) Within forty days.
(b) Within thirty days.
(c) Within twenty days.
(d) Within ten days.

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

4. What is a nabob?
(a) People who go from being poor to rich quickly.
(b) People who gradually go from being poor to rich.
(c) People who have too much money to spend and try to become poor.
(d) People who spend their lives trying to become rich, but remain poor.

5. How long does it take the narrator to travel back to the West Coast from Hawaii?
(a) Several weeks.
(b) A few days.
(c) Several days.
(d) A few weeks.

6. Why did one of the Germans give their map to Mr. Whiteman?
(a) He trusted Mr. Whiteman.
(b) He owed Mr. Whiteman money.
(c) He was losing his mind.
(d) He had heard of Mr. Whiteman's reputation.

7. Although his work is never published in the paper, what does the narrator write specifically for The Occidental?
(a) A short fictional story.
(b) A poem.
(c) A review.
(d) A short non-fictional story.

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

9. What city is the narrator in when he waits in line to see a woman while mining?
(a) Bullhead City.
(b) Star City.
(c) Boulder City.
(d) Cedar City.

10. According to the narrator, what is one of the hottest places in the world?
(a) Antelope Valley.
(b) Lanfair Valley.
(c) Sacramento Valley.
(d) Simi Valley.

11. According to the legend, how long ago was the Whiteman Cement Mine discovered?
(a) Ten years ago.
(b) Twelve years ago.
(c) Fifteen years ago.
(d) Twenty-five years ago.

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

13. Whose funeral does the narrator witness while visiting Honolulu?
(a) Princess Alexandra.
(b) Princess Margaret.
(c) Princess Augusta.
(d) Princess Victoria.

14. What happens to the cities that once flourished during the Gold Rush?
(a) They disappear completely.
(b) Less than half of them are still there.
(c) Half of them are still there.
(d) Most of them are still there.

15. How does Blakely threaten the jury at Nookes' trial?
(a) To shoot the jurors if they do not find Nookes innocent.
(b) To shoot the jurors if they do not find Nookes guilty.
(c) To arrest the jurors if they do not find Nookes innocent.
(d) To arrest the jurors if they do not find Nookes guilty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is pocket mining?

2. How is the silver ore melted before it is shipped to California?

3. How long is the trip that the narrator sets out to take in the beginning of the book supposed to last?

4. How does the narrator find himself when he reaches San Francisco in Chapter LXXVIII?

5. Where does the narrator begin touring for his lectures?

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