Roughing It Quiz Questions | Quiz: Chapter XXVI - XXXI

Quiz: Chapter XXVI - XXXI

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

1. What idea does the mining party abandon the digging of their mine for?
a) Trading the claimed ledges.
b) Using dynamite.
c) Selling the claimed ledges.
d) Using hired men to dig for them.

2. Which area is rumored to be rich with silver?
a) Rye Patch.
b) Mill City.
c) Humboldt County.
d) Rose Creek.

3. What do the glittering rocks that the narrator originally collects turn out to be?
a) Mica and granite.
b) Silver and gold.
c) Just gold.
d) Just silver.

4. How many miles do the narrator and his friends travel across the desert over a fifteen day period in search of silver?
a) Five hundred miles.
b) Two hundred...
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