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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 two bodies of water do the streams at the top of the South Pass empty into?
(a) The Pacific Ocean and the Mississippi River.
(b) The Mississippi River and the Missouri River.
(c) The Indian Ocean and the Missouri River.
(d) The Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.

2. Where does the narrator's mining crew decide to visit after they stop digging their tunnels?
(a) Esmeralda.
(b) Clark Lateral.
(c) Winnemucca.
(d) Twin Falls.

3. What does the narrator do before he leaves to visit Capt. John Nye?
(a) He stops by the doctor's office to get medical supplies.
(b) He leaves a note on the door for his brother.
(c) He leaves a note on the door for Higbie.
(d) He stops by the trading post to get food.

4. How many miles do the narrator and his friends travel across the desert over a fifteen day period in search of silver?
(a) Five hundred miles.
(b) Two hundred miles.
(c) Four hundred miles.
(d) Three hundred miles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator examine for an hour in a mine in order to write an article?

2. How many people has Slade killed, as mentioned in the book?

3. How much money does the narrator borrow from the bank in Chapter LV?

4. What is a nabob?

5. How many miles away from St. Joseph have the narrator and his brother traveled by the end of Chapter IX?

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