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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter I-IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How fast does a Pony Express rider travel?
(a) Half as fast as the stagecoach.
(b) Three times as fast as a stagecoach.
(c) The same speed as a stagecoach.
(d) Twice as fast as the stagecoach.

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

3. What animal do the travelers shoot at as the stagecoach enters Nevada?
(a) Squirrels.
(b) Deer.
(c) Ducks.
(d) Rabbits.

4. How much do the seats aboard the mail coach heading towards Carson City cost for the narrator and his brother?
(a) One hundred and fifty dollars each.
(b) One hundred dollars each.
(c) One hundred and fifty dollars total.
(d) One hundred dollars total.

5. How is the coyote described in the story?
(a) As a fast animal that does not know how to leave at the sign of threat.
(b) As a fast animal that takes off at the first sign of threat.
(c) As a slow animal that does not know how to leave at the sign of threat.
(d) As a slow animal that attempts to take off at the first sign of threat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it about English that Twain is studying?

2. What is the narrative of Roughing It?

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

4. What prevents the author from attaining his goal?

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

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