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

2. What is it that the narrator envies the most about his brother's new job?
(a) The hours.
(b) The status.
(c) The money.
(d) The social advantages.

3. How far have the narrator and his brother traveled from their departure when they reach Overland City?
(a) Four hundred and seventy miles.
(b) Three hundred and seventy miles.
(c) Two hundred and seventy miles.
(d) Five hundred and seventy miles.

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

5. Where does the author start out on his journey?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Kansas City.
(d) San Francisco.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hawaii called in the book?

2. What animal do the travelers shoot at as the stagecoach enters Nevada?

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

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

5. Where is the mining business taking place during the time the book was written?

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