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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days have the travelers been riding in the stage coach when they encounter the Goshoot Indians?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Sixteen.

2. How many miles do the narrator and his friends travel across the desert over a fifteen day period in search of silver?
(a) Three hundred miles.
(b) Five hundred miles.
(c) Four hundred miles.
(d) Two hundred miles.

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

4. What is it about the economy and people that the author is concentrating on?
(a) The way people spend money at certain ages.
(b) The consequences of the economy on the people.
(c) The consequences of the people on the economy.
(d) The way people lose money at certain ages.

5. When does the book take place?
(a) The late 1860s.
(b) The early 1860s.
(c) The late 1850s.
(d) The early 1850s.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, how are the profits of the mining industry in Nevada glorified?

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

3. What is the narrative of Roughing It?

4. How long is the train of Mormons that the stagecoach passes before the Rocky Mountains?

5. How many miles from Salt Lake City does Chapter XIX begin?

(see the answer key)

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