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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the tone of the book?
(a) Serious.
(b) Humorous.
(c) Fabricated.
(d) Formal.

2. How many days has the coach been traveling when it reaches Carson City?
(a) Twenty-six.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Twenty-four.
(d) Twenty.

3. In the story the narrator tells, how is Hank Monk taken to his destination?
(a) Slowly on horseback.
(b) At high speed on horseback.
(c) Slowly in a stagecoach.
(d) At high speed in a stagecoach.

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

5. What do the members of the party do before going to sleep on the winter night they are convinced will be their last?
(a) They begin screaming for help.
(b) They begin crying.
(c) They begin telling jokes.
(d) They begin criticizing each other.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is it about English that Twain is studying?

3. What prevents the author from attaining his goal?

4. How many soldiers do the travelers encounter at Fort Bridger?

5. How long is the Great American Desert?

(see the answer key)

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