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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter LV - LXII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the narrative of Roughing It?
(a) It is written in the third person.
(b) It is written in both the first and third person.
(c) It is written in the second person.
(d) It is written in the first person.

2. What title does Jack Williams hold at one time?
(a) Mayor.
(b) Deputy Marshal.
(c) Governor.
(d) Town Sheriff.

3. 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 sage bush.
(d) A pile of dirt.

4. How long is the train of Mormons that the stagecoach passes before the Rocky Mountains?
(a) Forty wagons.
(b) Thirty wagons.
(c) Thirty-five wagons.
(d) Forty-five wagons.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long is the Great American Desert?

3. How long does San Francisco go without any rainfall?

4. What moves Morgan's house on top of Hyde's ranch?

5. How does the narrator get back to Esmeralda after taking care of Capt. John Nye?

(see the answer key)

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