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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XL - XLVIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Capt. John Nye help the narrator's party find?
(a) Food for their horses, but not shelter.
(b) Food and shelter for their horses.
(c) Shelter for their horses, but not food.
(d) Food and shelter for the men, but not for their horses.

2. What job has the narrator's brother been given for the state of Nevada?
(a) Secretary of State.
(b) State Representative.
(c) Governor.
(d) Secretary of Treasury.

3. What do the glittering rocks that the narrator originally collects turn out to be?
(a) Mica and granite.
(b) Silver and gold.
(c) Just gold.
(d) Just silver.

4. What aspects of nature will be discussed in Roughing It?
(a) The destruction of man by nature.
(b) The transformation of man by nature.
(c) The transformation of nature by man.
(d) The destruction of nature by man.

5. How many feet of dirt is Hyde's ranch buried underneath?
(a) Forty-eight.
(b) Eighty-three.
(c) Eighty-four.
(d) Thirty-eight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Germans go after finding the Whiteman Cement Mine?

2. How many followers of the Governor does Mrs. O'Flannigan's ranch host?

3. How much do the seats aboard the mail coach heading towards Carson City cost for the narrator and his brother?

4. What two bodies of water do the streams at the top of the South Pass empty into?

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

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