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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 does Slade reportedly do while he is being hung?
(a) Offers a bribe.
(b) Cries.
(c) Yells.
(d) Stays silent.

2. What moves Morgan's house on top of Hyde's ranch?
(a) An avalanche.
(b) A tornado.
(c) A landslide.
(d) A hurricane.

3. According to the narrator, how much silver has Nevada shipped in 1865?
(a) Over thirty million dollars worth.
(b) Over forty million dollars worth.
(c) Over twenty million dollars worth.
(d) Over fifty million dollars worth.

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

5. How many soldiers do the travelers encounter at Fort Bridger?
(a) One hundred and seventy.
(b) Seventy.
(c) Sixty.
(d) One hundred and sixty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the assayers do?

2. Where was Slade born?

3. Where is Hebert C. Kimball from?

4. When the party reaches Esmeralda, how much do they conclude that the claims they have are worth?

5. Who is the referee in the court case between Hyde and Morgan?

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