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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 many miles of mail service does the owner of the Division Superintendent oversee?
(a) Three hundred and fifty.
(b) Four hundred and fifty.
(c) Two hundred and fifty.
(d) One hundred and fifty.

2. When does the book take place?
(a) The late 1860s.
(b) The early 1860s.
(c) The late 1850s.
(d) The early 1850s.

3. How many soldiers do the travelers encounter at Fort Bridger?
(a) One hundred and sixty.
(b) One hundred and seventy.
(c) Seventy.
(d) Sixty.

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

5. How long is the Great American Desert?
(a) Fifty Miles.
(b) Thirty miles.
(c) Forty miles.
(d) Sixty miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many novels had Mark Twain written before Roughing It?

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

3. What is it that the narrator envies the most about his brother's new job?

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

5. What state in particular is the backdrop for the mining adventures described in the story?

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