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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 is the tone of the book?
(a) Fabricated.
(b) Serious.
(c) Humorous.
(d) Formal.

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

3. Where does the author start out on his journey?
(a) Kansas City.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) San Diego.

4. 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 Pacific Ocean and the Mississippi River.
(c) The Mississippi River and the Missouri River.
(d) The Indian Ocean and the Missouri River.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long does it take the narrator and his brother to reach St. Joseph on the steamboat?

3. What is the result of the first fight between Slade and Jules?

4. How fast does a Pony Express rider travel?

5. What happens to the mules as they become tired from the heat of the desert?

(see the answer key)

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