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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XXXVI - XXXIX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the mules as they become tired from the heat of the desert?
(a) They pull the coach in circles.
(b) They lean up against the coach, causing it to turn over.
(c) They refuse to pull the coach.
(d) They pull the coach in the wrong direction.

2. What gift does Capt. John Nye have?
(a) Superior sense of humor.
(b) Superior logic.
(c) Superior intellect.
(d) Superior social interaction.

3. How much do the seats aboard the mail coach heading towards Carson City cost for the narrator and his brother?
(a) One hundred dollars each.
(b) One hundred and fifty dollars each.
(c) One hundred dollars total.
(d) One hundred and fifty dollars total.

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

5. How long do the travelers stay at Salt Lake City before packing food and leaving?
(a) Two days.
(b) One week.
(c) Three days.
(d) Two weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Slade born?

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

3. As the narrator recounts, who is the stage carrying that the Goshoot Indians once attacked?

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

5. What is the Washoe Zephyr?

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