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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 does the narrator find on the islands of Mono Lake?
(a) Two pine trees on each island.
(b) Two abandoned mines on each island.
(c) One abandoned mine on each island.
(d) One pine tree on each island.

2. What is a nabob?
(a) People who have too much money to spend and try to become poor.
(b) People who gradually go from being poor to rich.
(c) People who spend their lives trying to become rich, but remain poor.
(d) People who go from being poor to rich quickly.

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

4. What species feed around Mono Lake?
(a) Birds.
(b) Squirrels.
(c) Reptiles.
(d) Rabbits.

5. What salary does the narrator start off with while working at the newspaper?
(a) Forty-five dollars per week.
(b) Twenty-five dollars per week.
(c) Fifteen dollars per week.
(d) Thirty-five dollars per week.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Goshoot Indians hurting, according to the narrator?

2. Where does the narrator's mining crew decide to visit after they stop digging their tunnels?

3. How many miles of mail service does the owner of the Division Superintendent oversee?

4. How does Nookes die?

5. What type of mines does the author encounter in the book?

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