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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter LXXVIII - LXXIX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much do the seats aboard the mail coach heading towards Carson City cost for the narrator and his brother?
(a) One hundred dollars each.
(b) One hundred dollars total.
(c) One hundred and fifty dollars total.
(d) One hundred and fifty dollars each.

2. How does the narrator feel before giving the first lectures?
(a) He is very confident.
(b) He is confused.
(c) He has doubts.
(d) He is afraid.

3. What does the narrator examine for an hour in a mine in order to write an article?
(a) The amount of silver in the mine.
(b) The working conditions of miners.
(c) The amount of gold in the mine.
(d) The damages of an earthquake.

4. Where does the narrator begin touring for his lectures?
(a) The West Coast.
(b) The East Coast.
(c) The Southwest.
(d) The Midwest.

5. How much money does the narrator borrow from the bank in Chapter LV?
(a) Sixty-seven dollars.
(b) Forty-six dollars.
(c) Sixty-four dollars.
(d) Seventy-six dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of mines does the author encounter in the book?

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

3. In the story the narrator tells, how is Hank Monk taken to his destination?

4. How long is the train of Mormons that the stagecoach passes before the Rocky Mountains?

5. Where is Hebert C. Kimball from?

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