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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 type of mines does the author encounter in the book?
(a) Coal.
(b) Gold.
(c) Silver.
(d) Oil.

2. How many feet of dirt is Hyde's ranch buried underneath?
(a) Forty-eight.
(b) Thirty-eight.
(c) Eighty-four.
(d) Eighty-three.

3. How is the coyote described in the story?
(a) As a fast animal that takes off at the first sign of threat.
(b) As a fast animal that does not know how to leave at the sign of threat.
(c) As a slow animal that does not know how to leave at the sign of threat.
(d) As a slow animal that attempts to take off at the first sign of threat.

4. How does Twain describe the book in the Prefatory?
(a) Simple and pretentious.
(b) Simple and unpretentious.
(c) Complex and unpretentious.
(d) Complex and pretentious.

5. According to the narrator, what is one of the hottest places in the world?
(a) Sacramento Valley.
(b) Antelope Valley.
(c) Lanfair Valley.
(d) Simi Valley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea does the mining party abandon the digging of their mine for?

2. Where do the narrator and a companion take their vacation?

3. How long is the narrator the chief editor of the newspaper before resigning?

4. What state in particular is the backdrop for the mining adventures described in the story?

5. What gift does Capt. John Nye have?

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