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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Jack Williams killed?
(a) While arguing with a friend.
(b) While drinking at the bar.
(c) While walking to his horse.
(d) While playing poker.

2. 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 keep switching to different roads and nothing looks familiar.
(c) They have been on the same road for too long.
(d) They cannot see the road.

3. During their second unsuccessful attempt at starting a fire, how many matches does the party burn?
(a) Four.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

4. How many feet of dirt is Hyde's ranch buried underneath?
(a) Eighty-three.
(b) Forty-eight.
(c) Eighty-four.
(d) Thirty-eight.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator's party shoot at to start a fire?

2. According to the driver, what lake do the Mormons gather saleratus from?

3. What eventually happens to Jules?

4. How many people has Slade killed, as mentioned in the book?

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

(see the answer key)

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