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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) Three times as fast as a stagecoach.
(b) Twice as fast as the stagecoach.
(c) Half as fast as the stagecoach.
(d) The same speed as a stagecoach.

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

3. What is the author's goal in Roughing It?
(a) To become rich with as much effort as it takes.
(b) To travel across the country three times within a year.
(c) To become rich with little effort.
(d) To travel across the country twice within a year.

4. Where is the author traveling to?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) San Diego.
(d) Kansas City.

5. How much will the narrator's brother be paid for his new job?
(a) Eight hundred dollars per year.
(b) Eighteen hundred dollars per year.
(c) Eight hundred dollars per month.
(d) Eighteen hundred dollars per month.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much do the seats aboard the mail coach heading towards Carson City cost for the narrator and his brother?

2. How often are the horses switched that are pulling the mail coach on the way to Carson City?

3. How does Twain describe the book in the Prefatory?

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

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

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