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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XXXVI - XXXIX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does the narrator's crew rest in Carson City before heading back to Esmeralda?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Four days.
(c) Two days.
(d) One week.

2. How long does it take the narrator and his brother to reach St. Joseph on the steamboat?
(a) Five days.
(b) Seven days.
(c) Six days.
(d) Eight days.

3. How many wandering German brothers discovered the Whiteman Cement Mine?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

4. How many pounds of luggage are the passengers allowed on the mail coach?
(a) Fifty-five pounds.
(b) Forty-five pounds.
(c) Twenty-five pounds.
(d) Thirty-five pounds.

5. What does the narrator find on the islands of Mono Lake?
(a) One pine tree on each island.
(b) Two pine trees on each island.
(c) Two abandoned mines on each island.
(d) One abandoned mine on each island.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many miles of mail service does the owner of the Division Superintendent oversee?

2. Why does Mr. Higbie join the narrator's party?

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

4. What animal do the travelers shoot at as the stagecoach enters Nevada?

5. Where are the vigilantes from that hang Slade?

(see the answer key)

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