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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 long does it take the narrator to pack his bags to accompany his brother on the trip?
(a) More than two hours.
(b) Less than an hour.
(c) More than an hour.
(d) Less than thirty minutes.

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

3. How many novels had Mark Twain written before Roughing It?
(a) None.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

4. When does the great Indian Mail Robbery take place?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1846.
(d) 1864.

5. How does Twain describe the book in the Prefatory?
(a) Simple and unpretentious.
(b) Simple and pretentious.
(c) Complex and unpretentious.
(d) Complex and pretentious.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the book take place?

2. How many miles away from St. Joseph have the narrator and his brother traveled by the end of Chapter IX?

3. What aspects of nature will be discussed in Roughing It?

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

5. What is Twain examining in Roughing It?

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