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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What eventually happens to Jules?
(a) He is killed by Indians.
(b) He is killed by Slade.
(c) He disappears and is never heard from again.
(d) He is run over by a stagecoach.

2. What are the followers supposed to bring back after they survey the east area?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Beetles.
(c) Grasshoppers.
(d) Tarantulas.

3. What is the Washoe Zephyr?
(a) A transparent, dusty wind that blows for fifteen hours straight.
(b) A dense, dusty wind that blows for fifteen hours straight.
(c) A dense, dusty wind that blows for twelve hours straight.
(d) A transparent, dusty wind that blows for twelve hours straight.

4. What is the term Gentiles used to describe?
(a) The name given to the Mormons by tourists.
(b) The name given to the Indians by the Mormons.
(c) The name given to tourists by Mormons who stop through their town.
(d) The name the Mormons give to people who do not follow their religion.

5. What is the narrative of Roughing It?
(a) It is written in the second person.
(b) It is written in the third person.
(c) It is written in the first person.
(d) It is written in both the first and third person.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hawaii called in the book?

2. How many soldiers do the travelers encounter at Fort Bridger?

3. How long is the Great American Desert?

4. As they are having breakfast, what does Slade offer the narrator?

5. What is the author's goal in Roughing It?

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