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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 newspaper does the narrator become the editor for after his mining career does not pan out?
(a) The Review.
(b) The Standard.
(c) The Enterprise.
(d) The Times.

2. What causes the driver to lose the road one night?
(a) A rainstorm.
(b) A hurricane.
(c) A patch of mud.
(d) A tornado.

3. What causes the mining stocks to fall quickly?
(a) Nevada attempts to secede from the Union.
(b) Nevada gets a new Secretary of State.
(c) Nevada becomes another state of the Union.
(d) Nevada gets a new Governor.

4. How does Blakely threaten the jury at Nookes' trial?
(a) To shoot the jurors if they do not find Nookes innocent.
(b) To shoot the jurors if they do not find Nookes guilty.
(c) To arrest the jurors if they do not find Nookes innocent.
(d) To arrest the jurors if they do not find Nookes guilty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much will the narrator's brother be paid for his new job?

2. Where are the vigilantes from that hang Slade?

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

4. How much per week is the narrator paid for his work at the mill?

5. What are the Goshoot Indians hurting, according to the narrator?

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