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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. How often are the horses switched that are pulling the mail coach on the way to Carson City?
(a) Every fifteen miles.
(b) Every five miles.
(c) Every ten miles.
(d) Every twenty miles.

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

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 do the other travelers react to Bemis' story about the buffalo that chased him?
(a) They believe most of it.
(b) They believe some of it.
(c) They believe it.
(d) They do not believe it.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How much will the narrator's brother be paid for his new job?

4. What job has the narrator's brother been given for the state of Nevada?

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

(see the answer key)

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