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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 many days have the travelers been riding in the stage coach when they encounter the Goshoot Indians?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Eighteen.

2. What is interesting about Carson Lake?
(a) It has four known outlets.
(b) It has two known outlets.
(c) It has no known outlet.
(d) It has an infinite number of outlets.

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

4. Where is Hebert C. Kimball from?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) New York.

5. Who does the narrator get to sign the requests for money to the government in order to help his brother?
(a) Indians.
(b) Local lawmakers.
(c) Stagecoach drivers.
(d) Drunks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is the Great American Desert?

2. What does Capt. John Nye help the narrator's party find?

3. What is it that the narrator envies the most about his brother's new job?

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

5. How much will the narrator's brother be paid for his new job?

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