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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 is the result of the first fight between Slade and Jules?
(a) Jules is wonded.
(b) Slade is wounded.
(c) They are both wounded.
(d) Neither is wounded.

2. How long does it take the narrator to pack his bags to accompany his brother on the trip?
(a) Less than an hour.
(b) More than two hours.
(c) More than an hour.
(d) Less than thirty minutes.

3. What is it about English that Twain is studying?
(a) The evolution of English as a non-diversified language.
(b) The stunted growth of English as a non-diversified language.
(c) The stunted gwoth of English as a diversified language.
(d) The evolution of English as a diversified language.

4. As they are having breakfast, what does Slade offer the narrator?
(a) The last cup of coffee.
(b) The first cup of coffee.
(c) The first two eggs.
(d) The last two eggs.

5. What type of mines does the author encounter in the book?
(a) Gold.
(b) Silver.
(c) Oil.
(d) Coal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the glittering rocks that the narrator originally collects turn out to be?

2. What prevents the author from attaining his goal?

3. Where does the author start out on his journey?

4. What does Slade reportedly do while he is being hung?

5. How many novels had Mark Twain written before Roughing It?

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