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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the assayers do?
(a) Negotiate the salaries of the workers in the mines.
(b) Negotiate the type of payment for the rocks being mined.
(c) Evaluate the working conditions of the mines.
(d) Evaluate the content of the rocks being mined.

2. Where does the author start out on his journey?
(a) San Diego.
(b) Kansas City.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) St. Louis.

3. How does Slade develop a reputation for being a fearless fighter?
(a) By taking on the Indians.
(b) By taking on the union.
(c) By taking on the army.
(d) By taking on the Pony Express.

4. What moves Morgan's house on top of Hyde's ranch?
(a) A landslide.
(b) A tornado.
(c) An avalanche.
(d) A hurricane.

5. What is the result of the first fight between Slade and Jules?
(a) Slade is wounded.
(b) Neither is wounded.
(c) Jules is wonded.
(d) They are both wounded.

6. How long do the travelers stay at Salt Lake City before packing food and leaving?
(a) Two days.
(b) One week.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Three days.

7. What does the referee decide in the court case between Hyde and Morgan?
(a) That both men are wrong.
(b) That both men are right.
(c) That Morgan is right.
(d) That Hyde is right.

8. What is the Washoe Zephyr?
(a) A dense, dusty wind that blows for twelve hours straight.
(b) A dense, dusty wind that blows for fifteen hours straight.
(c) A transparent, dusty wind that blows for twelve hours straight.
(d) A transparent, dusty wind that blows for fifteen hours straight.

9. What kind of weapon does the narrator carry?
(a) A large 5-shot gun.
(b) A large 7-shot gun.
(c) A small 5-shot gun.
(d) A small 7-shot gun.

10. What is it that the narrator envies the most about his brother's new job?
(a) The money.
(b) The hours.
(c) The social advantages.
(d) The status.

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

12. How are the names given to the accumulated claims described?
(a) Average.
(b) Ironic.
(c) Predictable.
(d) Fantastic.

13. What is the narrative of Roughing It?
(a) It is written in the third person.
(b) It is written in the first person.
(c) It is written in both the first and third person.
(d) It is written in the second person.

14. How many miles away from St. Joseph have the narrator and his brother traveled by the end of Chapter IX?
(a) Seven hundred and eighty-seven.
(b) Seven hundred and seventy-six.
(c) Six hundred and seventy-six.
(d) Six hundred and eighty-seven.

15. How many soldiers do the travelers encounter at Fort Bridger?
(a) Sixty.
(b) Seventy.
(c) One hundred and seventy.
(d) One hundred and sixty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it about English that Twain is studying?

2. How much will the narrator's brother be paid for his new job?

3. How much do the seats aboard the mail coach heading towards Carson City cost for the narrator and his brother?

4. What does the narrator ask his superior to raise his salary to after the first week of working in the mill?

5. What does Morgan claim during the court case?

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