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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter LV - LXII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the party reaches Esmeralda, how much do they conclude that the claims they have are worth?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Three times the amount they thought.
(c) Twice the amount they thought.
(d) Half the amount they thought.

2. How does Nookes die?
(a) He is hung.
(b) He is burned.
(c) He dies from an illness.
(d) He dies in jail.

3. How does the narrator's party determine that they are lost in the beginning of Chapter XXXII?
(a) They cannot see the road.
(b) They have been on the same road for too long.
(c) They keep switching to different roads and nothing looks familiar.
(d) The roads start looking too familiar, leading them in a circle.

4. How much will the narrator's brother be paid for his new job?
(a) Eight hundred dollars per year.
(b) Eight hundred dollars per month.
(c) Eighteen hundred dollars per year.
(d) Eighteen hundred dollars per month.

5. How does the narrator get back to Esmeralda after taking care of Capt. John Nye?
(a) He walks.
(b) He rents a horse.
(c) He rides with a family on their wagon.
(d) He takes a stage coach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What moves Morgan's house on top of Hyde's ranch?

2. What is the author's goal in Roughing It?

3. In the story the narrator tells, how is Hank Monk taken to his destination?

4. What happens to the mules as they become tired from the heat of the desert?

5. What do the members of the party do before going to sleep on the winter night they are convinced will be their last?

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