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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the followers supposed to bring back after they survey the east area?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Tarantulas.
(c) Beetles.
(d) Grasshoppers.

2. How much equipment is loaded into the wagon that the narrator and his friends take to the mountains for mining?
(a) Two thousand pounds.
(b) Twenty-two hundred pounds.
(c) Eighteen hundred pounds.
(d) Nineteen hundred pounds.

3. Where was Slade born?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Missouri.

4. What do the glittering rocks that the narrator originally collects turn out to be?
(a) Just gold.
(b) Mica and granite.
(c) Just silver.
(d) Silver and gold.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As the weapon carried by Bemis, what is the Allen revolver known for?

2. Who does the narrator get to sign the requests for money to the government in order to help his brother?

3. How long does it take the narrator and his brother to reach St. Joseph on the steamboat?

4. What prevents the author from attaining his goal?

5. When does the book take place?

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