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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XXXII - XXXV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much do the seats aboard the mail coach heading towards Carson City cost for the narrator and his brother?
(a) One hundred dollars total.
(b) One hundred and fifty dollars each.
(c) One hundred and fifty dollars total.
(d) One hundred dollars each.

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

3. What is Twain examining in Roughing It?
(a) The overestimation of the economy in the area he visits.
(b) The economic crash of the area he visits.
(c) The underestimation of the economy in the area he visits.
(d) The economic boom of the area he visits.

4. What do the assayers do?
(a) Evaluate the working conditions of the mines.
(b) Negotiate the salaries of the workers in the mines.
(c) Negotiate the type of payment for the rocks being mined.
(d) Evaluate the content of the rocks being mined.

5. Where is Hebert C. Kimball from?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) New York.
(d) Connecticut.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the narrator's crew rest in Carson City before heading back to Esmeralda?

2. What is it about the economy and people that the author is concentrating on?

3. When the party reaches Esmeralda, how much do they conclude that the claims they have are worth?

4. What is the weather like when the narrator and his crew arrive in Unionville?

5. What are the followers supposed to bring back after they survey the east area?

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