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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the desert wanderer react when he is prevented from telling the same story about Hank Monk?
(a) He begins telling jokes.
(b) He jumps off the stagecoach.
(c) He falls asleep.
(d) He dies.

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

3. What is it about the economy and people that the author is concentrating on?
(a) The consequences of the people on the economy.
(b) The way people lose money at certain ages.
(c) The consequences of the economy on the people.
(d) The way people spend money at certain ages.

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

5. How fast does a Pony Express rider travel?
(a) Half as fast as the stagecoach.
(b) Twice as fast as the stagecoach.
(c) The same speed as a stagecoach.
(d) Three times as fast as a stagecoach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Twain examining in Roughing It?

2. What is noted as particularly impressive about the style of the book?

3. When does the book take place?

4. How many days has the coach been traveling when it reaches Carson City?

5. How many pounds of luggage are the passengers allowed on the mail coach?

(see the answer key)

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