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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XIX-XXV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days has the coach been traveling when it reaches Carson City?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Twenty-four.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Twenty-six.

2. What eventually happens to Jules?
(a) He disappears and is never heard from again.
(b) He is run over by a stagecoach.
(c) He is killed by Indians.
(d) He is killed by Slade.

3. What is the tone of the book?
(a) Formal.
(b) Serious.
(c) Fabricated.
(d) Humorous.

4. How does Twain describe the book in the Prefatory?
(a) Simple and pretentious.
(b) Complex and unpretentious.
(c) Simple and unpretentious.
(d) Complex and pretentious.

5. When does the coach begin to move across the Great American Desert?
(a) On the twenty-second day of the trip.
(b) On the nineteenth day of the trip.
(c) On the twenty-first day of the trip.
(d) On the eighteenth day of the trip.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hawaii called in the book?

2. Where does the author start out on his journey?

3. What makes the snow-covered mountains especially impressive to the narrator?

4. Where is the author traveling to?

5. What type of mines does the author encounter in the book?

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