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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. How much money does the narrator borrow from the bank in Chapter LV?
(a) Sixty-seven dollars.
(b) Forty-six dollars.
(c) Seventy-six dollars.
(d) Sixty-four dollars.

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

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

4. Why does Mr. Higbie join the narrator's party?
(a) He has read descriptions of Mr. Whiteman.
(b) He is good friends with the relatives of Mr. Whiteman.
(c) He is good friends with Mr. Whiteman.
(d) He can recognize Mr. Whiteman on sight.

5. How does the narrator find himself when he reaches San Francisco in Chapter LXXVIII?
(a) He has a job and some money saved.
(b) He has no job, but has some money saved.
(c) Penniless, but he has a job.
(d) Jobless and penniless.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bites the narrator during his stay in Honolulu?

2. How is the Whiteman Cement Mine described?

3. What is the name of the paper that the narrator is supposed to write for in Virginia, before it goes out of print?

4. What is the Boomerang?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Mono Lake?

2. Who is Jack Williams and what does his story depict about Nevada in the late 1800s?

3. How does the narrator describe Hawaii and what initial setback does he encounter there?

4. What is the Whiteman Cement Mine and why is it considered to be elusive?

5. What happens when the narrator encounters a band of highway bandits after a lecture?

6. How long is the narrator's trip, and what does he conclude at the end of the story?

7. What are the two different reasons that both the narrator and Higbie abandon their blind lead claim, and what is the result?

8. Who is Higbie, and why is he valuable for the narrator's search of Mr. Whiteman?

9. How does the narrator begin working for the Enterprise in Virginia?

10. What is on the islands in the center of Mono Lake?

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