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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter LXXVIII - LXXIX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Blakely threaten the jury at Nookes' trial?
(a) To shoot the jurors if they do not find Nookes guilty.
(b) To arrest the jurors if they do not find Nookes guilty.
(c) To shoot the jurors if they do not find Nookes innocent.
(d) To arrest the jurors if they do not find Nookes innocent.

2. What is the name of the paper that the narrator is supposed to write for in Virginia, before it goes out of print?
(a) The Daily Occidental.
(b) The Weekly Occidental.
(c) The Monthly Occidental.
(d) The Yearly Occidental.

3. What is a Kanaka?
(a) A native hut.
(b) A native canoe.
(c) A native fruit.
(d) A native game.

4. What is the Boomerang?
(a) A large and dirty schooner.
(b) A small and clean schooner.
(c) A large and clean schooner.
(d) A small and dirty schooner.

5. What is Twain examining in Roughing It?
(a) The underestimation of the economy in the area he visits.
(b) The overestimation of the economy in the area he visits.
(c) The economic boom of the area he visits.
(d) The economic crash of the area he visits.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the narrator giving a lecture when he encounters the highway bandits?

2. Where is the monument for Captain Cook located?

3. How much property does it reportedly take to accumulate a fortune in mining?

4. What is the primary content of the Whiteman Cement Mine?

5. Where are the vigilantes from that hang Slade?

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