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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XXVI - XXXI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator's mining crew decide to visit after they stop digging their tunnels?
(a) Clark Lateral.
(b) Esmeralda.
(c) Twin Falls.
(d) Winnemucca.

2. What makes the snow-covered mountains especially impressive to the narrator?
(a) The lack of snow on the tops.
(b) The season.
(c) The weather.
(d) The abundance of snow on the tops.

3. How many miles from Salt Lake City does Chapter XIX begin?
(a) Two hundred and fifty.
(b) One hundred.
(c) One hundred and fifty.
(d) Two hundred.

4. What aspects of nature will be discussed in Roughing It?
(a) The transformation of man by nature.
(b) The destruction of man by nature.
(c) The transformation of nature by man.
(d) The destruction of nature by man.

5. How do the miners claim the ledge on the side of the mountain?
(a) With a verbal declaration.
(b) With a mark made by a rock.
(c) With a stranger as a witness.
(d) With a notice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the mules as they become tired from the heat of the desert?

2. What is the result of the first fight between Slade and Jules?

3. How long is the narrator's mining crew forced to stay at Honey Lake Smith's Inn?

4. How much property does it reportedly take to accumulate a fortune in mining?

5. As the narrator recounts, who is the stage carrying that the Goshoot Indians once attacked?

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