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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. What job has the narrator's brother been given for the state of Nevada?
(a) Governor.
(b) Secretary of State.
(c) State Representative.
(d) Secretary of Treasury.

2. Where is the author traveling to?
(a) Kansas City.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) San Diego.
(d) San Francisco.

3. How much per week is the narrator paid for his work at the mill?
(a) Fifteen dollars.
(b) Five dollars.
(c) Twenty dollars.
(d) Ten dollars.

4. Where do the horses go after being scared away by the party's attempt to start a fire?
(a) A nearby forest.
(b) A cave.
(c) A nearby barn.
(d) A stage station.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator's party shoot at to start a fire?

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

3. How many miles away from St. Joseph have the narrator and his brother traveled by the end of Chapter IX?

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

5. What do the glittering rocks that the narrator originally collects turn out to be?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the narrator discuss the Mormon religion?

3. What are the details of the court case between Hyde and Morgan, and what is the outcome?

4. How do the narrator and his crew respond to the prospect of freezing to death?

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

6. How does the narrator live past the cold night, and what is ironic about the crew's actions afterward?

7. What role does the press play in the mining industry of Nevada and how does it affect the narrator?

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

9. What leads the narrator and his party to Esmeralda?

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

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