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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the driver, what lake do the Mormons gather saleratus from?
(a) Soda Lake.
(b) Burlington Lake.
(c) La Prele Reservoir.
(d) Gray Rocks Reservoir.

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

3. How fast does a Pony Express rider travel?
(a) Twice as fast as the stagecoach.
(b) Three times as fast as a stagecoach.
(c) The same speed as a stagecoach.
(d) Half as fast as the stagecoach.

4. After their stay at the Honey Lake Smith's Inn, what river do the narrator and his friends attempt to cross?
(a) East Walker River.
(b) Salmon Falls Creek.
(c) The Carson River.
(d) Thousand Springs Creek.

5. What aspects of nature will be discussed in Roughing It?
(a) The destruction of man by nature.
(b) The transformation of man by nature.
(c) The transformation of nature by man.
(d) The destruction of nature by man.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is the Great American Desert?

2. What does Capt. John Nye help the narrator's party find?

3. Where is the author traveling to?

4. What is Hawaii called in the book?

5. How does the narrator's party determine that they are lost in the beginning of Chapter XXXII?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the reality of the alkali desert as the narrator experiences it after leaving Salt Lake City?

2. Why is Slade feared and what happens between him and the narrator?

3. What warning is the narrator and his party given as they approach the Honey Lake Smith's Inn, and what is their response?

4. How does the author build up the anticipation for the book in the Prefatory?

5. What is the story of Bemis and the buffalo, and how do the other passengers respond to it?

6. What are the limitations of the stage coach that is going to Carson City, Nevada, and which items does the narrator take with him?

7. Who accompanies the narrator on his trip to Humboldt County, and how does the first two hundred miles of their expedition go?

8. What causes the narrator to marvel at the sight of the Rocky Mountains?

9. What is the Great American Desert like, and what is interesting about Carson Lake?

10. What is Roughing It about, according to the author?

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