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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 does Slade reportedly do while he is being hung?
(a) Cries.
(b) Offers a bribe.
(c) Yells.
(d) Stays silent.

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

3. How does Slade develop a reputation for being a fearless fighter?
(a) By taking on the Indians.
(b) By taking on the union.
(c) By taking on the Pony Express.
(d) By taking on the army.

4. How many miles away from St. Joseph have the narrator and his brother traveled by the end of Chapter IX?
(a) Seven hundred and seventy-six.
(b) Six hundred and seventy-six.
(c) Six hundred and eighty-seven.
(d) Seven hundred and eighty-seven.

5. What is the author's goal in Roughing It?
(a) To travel across the country twice within a year.
(b) To become rich with little effort.
(c) To travel across the country three times within a year.
(d) To become rich with as much effort as it takes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the Washoe Zephyr?

3. How does the desert wanderer react when he is prevented from telling the same story about Hank Monk?

4. According to the driver, what lake do the Mormons gather saleratus from?

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

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