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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do the narrator and his friends begin their trip to mine for silver?
(a) February.
(b) November.
(c) December.
(d) September.

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

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

4. How many Chinese people live in Virgina at the time of the book?
(a) Two thousand.
(b) Four thousand.
(c) Three thousand.
(d) One thousand.

5. How much will the narrator's brother be paid for his new job?
(a) Eight hundred dollars per year.
(b) Eight hundred dollars per month.
(c) Eighteen hundred dollars per year.
(d) Eighteen hundred dollars per month.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the total amount of time that the narrator stays in Hawaii?

2. How does Nookes die?

3. What is the weather like when the narrator and his crew arrive in Unionville?

4. What salary does the narrator start off with while working at the newspaper?

5. When the party reaches Esmeralda, how much do they conclude that the claims they have are worth?

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