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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 interesting about Carson Lake?
(a) It has two known outlets.
(b) It has no known outlet.
(c) It has an infinite number of outlets.
(d) It has four known outlets.

2. How long is the Great American Desert?
(a) Fifty Miles.
(b) Thirty miles.
(c) Forty miles.
(d) Sixty miles.

3. How does Twain describe the book in the Prefatory?
(a) Complex and unpretentious.
(b) Simple and pretentious.
(c) Simple and unpretentious.
(d) Complex and pretentious.

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

5. What is noted as particularly impressive about the style of the book?
(a) Only its vocabulary.
(b) Only its longevity.
(c) Its vocabulary, descriptions, and longevity.
(d) Only its descriptions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the referee in the court case between Hyde and Morgan?

2. How many pounds of luggage are the passengers allowed on the mail coach?

3. How much property does it reportedly take to accumulate a fortune in mining?

4. How much equipment is loaded into the wagon that the narrator and his friends take to the mountains for mining?

5. What is the tone of the book?

(see the answer key)

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