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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only living thing in Mono Lake?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Worms.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Leeches.

2. What does the narrator rent to give his first public lectures?
(a) A saloon.
(b) The town square.
(c) The city building.
(d) An opera house.

3. Where was Slade born?
(a) Kansas.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Indiana.

4. Where does Higbie go on the same day that the narrator leaves to take care of Capt. John Nye?
(a) To sell their claim.
(b) To visit a relative.
(c) To look for more mines.
(d) To chase Mr. Whiteman.

5. What makes the snow-covered mountains especially impressive to the narrator?
(a) The weather.
(b) The season.
(c) The lack of snow on the tops.
(d) The abundance of snow on the tops.

Short Answer Questions

1. After their stay at the Honey Lake Smith's Inn, what river do the narrator and his friends attempt to cross?

2. What eventually happens to Jules?

3. What job has the narrator's brother been given for the state of Nevada?

4. As the narrator recounts, who is the stage carrying that the Goshoot Indians once attacked?

5. Where does the narrator's mining crew decide to visit after they stop digging their tunnels?

(see the answer key)

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