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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 prevents the author from attaining his goal?
(a) People.
(b) Nature.
(c) The economy.
(d) Mistakes.

2. What two bodies of water do the streams at the top of the South Pass empty into?
(a) The Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.
(b) The Mississippi River and the Missouri River.
(c) The Pacific Ocean and the Mississippi River.
(d) The Indian Ocean and the Missouri River.

3. How many miles from Salt Lake City does Chapter XIX begin?
(a) One hundred and fifty.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Two hundred and fifty.
(d) Two hundred.

4. Which one of the following is NOT found in the Great American Desert?
(a) Bones.
(b) Wagon parts.
(c) Relics.
(d) Indian money.

5. How far have the narrator and his brother traveled from their departure when they reach Overland City?
(a) Two hundred and seventy miles.
(b) Three hundred and seventy miles.
(c) Four hundred and seventy miles.
(d) Five hundred and seventy miles.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Twain describe the book in the Prefatory?

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

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

5. What is the Washoe Zephyr?

(see the answer key)

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