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

2. What does the narrator's party shoot at to start a fire?
(a) A pile of loose branches.
(b) A pile of leaves.
(c) A pile of dirt.
(d) A pile of sage bush.

3. How long does the narrator stay with Capt. John Nye to help him through his spasmodic rheumatism?
(a) Fourteen days.
(b) Nine days.
(c) Five days.
(d) Eleven days.

4. How long does it take the narrator and his brother to reach St. Joseph on the steamboat?
(a) Six days.
(b) Eight days.
(c) Five days.
(d) Seven days.

5. When does the great Indian Mail Robbery take place?
(a) 1864.
(b) 1846.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1856.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is the narrator's mining crew forced to stay at Honey Lake Smith's Inn?

2. What idea does the mining party abandon the digging of their mine for?

3. How long does the mining crew spend digging a shaft in their newly claimed mountainside?

4. Which one of the following is NOT found in the Great American Desert?

5. How long does it take the narrator to pack his bags to accompany his brother on the trip?

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