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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter LV - LXII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Hawaii called in the book?
(a) The Pineapple Islands.
(b) The Sandwich Islands.
(c) The Cookie Islands.
(d) The Leftover Islands.

2. In the story the narrator tells, how is Hank Monk taken to his destination?
(a) Slowly in a stagecoach.
(b) At high speed on horseback.
(c) At high speed in a stagecoach.
(d) Slowly on horseback.

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

4. What title does Jack Williams hold at one time?
(a) Town Sheriff.
(b) Mayor.
(c) Deputy Marshal.
(d) Governor.

5. Where do the horses go after being scared away by the party's attempt to start a fire?
(a) A nearby forest.
(b) A cave.
(c) A nearby barn.
(d) A stage station.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do the travelers stay at Salt Lake City before packing food and leaving?

2. How are the names given to the accumulated claims described?

3. What is the tone of the book?

4. How long does the mining crew spend digging a shaft in their newly claimed mountainside?

5. How much equipment is loaded into the wagon that the narrator and his friends take to the mountains for mining?

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