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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XLIX - LIV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes the driver to lose the road one night?
(a) A tornado.
(b) A rainstorm.
(c) A patch of mud.
(d) A hurricane.

2. What does Capt. John Nye help the narrator's party find?
(a) Food for their horses, but not shelter.
(b) Food and shelter for the men, but not for their horses.
(c) Shelter for their horses, but not food.
(d) Food and shelter for their horses.

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

4. Although his work is never published in the paper, what does the narrator write specifically for The Occidental?
(a) A review.
(b) A poem.
(c) A short non-fictional story.
(d) A short fictional story.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator examine for an hour in a mine in order to write an article?

2. What do the assayers do?

3. What is the result of the first fight between Slade and Jules?

4. What does Morgan claim during the court case?

5. How many times does Bill Nookes attempt to climb aboard Captain Ned Blakely's boat?

(see the answer key)

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