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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XIX-XXV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As they are having breakfast, what does Slade offer the narrator?
(a) The first cup of coffee.
(b) The first two eggs.
(c) The last cup of coffee.
(d) The last two eggs.

2. How many people live in Carson City?
(a) Twelve thousand.
(b) Three throusand.
(c) Two thousand.
(d) Ten thousand.

3. What is it that the narrator envies the most about his brother's new job?
(a) The social advantages.
(b) The money.
(c) The status.
(d) The hours.

4. Where was Slade born?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Missouri.

5. How much do the seats aboard the mail coach heading towards Carson City cost for the narrator and his brother?
(a) One hundred dollars total.
(b) One hundred and fifty dollars each.
(c) One hundred dollars each.
(d) One hundred and fifty dollars total.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is the Great American Desert?

2. Where do the narrator and a companion take their vacation?

3. How many days have the travelers been riding in the stage coach when they encounter the Goshoot Indians?

4. How does the desert wanderer react when he is prevented from telling the same story about Hank Monk?

5. In the story the narrator tells, how is Hank Monk taken to his destination?

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