View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Nookes thrown overboard from Blakely's boat?
(a) With his hands tied.
(b) With his face beaten.
(c) With his arm broken.
(d) With his ankles tied.

2. What do the members of the party do before going to sleep on the winter night they are convinced will be their last?
(a) They begin criticizing each other.
(b) They begin screaming for help.
(c) They begin telling jokes.
(d) They begin crying.

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

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

5. How many times does Bill Nookes attempt to climb aboard Captain Ned Blakely's boat?
(a) Five times.
(b) Twice.
(c) Four times.
(d) Three times.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Blakely threaten the jury at Nookes' trial?

2. What type of mill does the narrator end up working for after he is left with no money?

3. Where do the horses go after being scared away by the party's attempt to start a fire?

4. What two bodies of water do the streams at the top of the South Pass empty into?

5. What is the term Gentiles used to describe?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 373 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample