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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Morgan claim during the court case?
(a) That Hyde is responsible for moving his house.
(b) That he should be compensated by the government for his dilemma.
(c) That Hyde should have known better than to build a ranch so close to his property.
(d) That he has a right to stay where his house is now located.

2. What is it about the economy and people that the author is concentrating on?
(a) The way people spend money at certain ages.
(b) The consequences of the people on the economy.
(c) The consequences of the economy on the people.
(d) The way people lose money at certain ages.

3. How fast does a Pony Express rider travel?
(a) Half as fast as the stagecoach.
(b) The same speed as a stagecoach.
(c) Three times as fast as a stagecoach.
(d) Twice as fast as the stagecoach.

4. How long does the mining crew spend digging a shaft in their newly claimed mountainside?
(a) One week.
(b) A few weeks.
(c) Four months.
(d) Two months.

5. What idea does the mining party abandon the digging of their mine for?
(a) Using dynamite.
(b) Selling the claimed ledges.
(c) Using hired men to dig for them.
(d) Trading the claimed ledges.

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

7. What prevents the author from attaining his goal?
(a) Mistakes.
(b) Nature.
(c) People.
(d) The economy.

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

9. What do the members of the party do before going to sleep on the winter night they are convinced will be their last?
(a) They begin crying.
(b) They begin telling jokes.
(c) They begin criticizing each other.
(d) They begin screaming for help.

10. Where do the horses go after being scared away by the party's attempt to start a fire?
(a) A cave.
(b) A nearby forest.
(c) A stage station.
(d) A nearby barn.

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

12. Who warns the narrator's crew about the rising rivers?
(a) The innkeeper.
(b) Town drunks.
(c) The town sheriff.
(d) Indians.

13. What does the narrator's party shoot at to start a fire?
(a) A pile of leaves.
(b) A pile of sage bush.
(c) A pile of loose branches.
(d) A pile of dirt.

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

15. What gift does Capt. John Nye have?
(a) Superior intellect.
(b) Superior sense of humor.
(c) Superior logic.
(d) Superior social interaction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of weapon does the narrator carry?

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

3. How many people live in Carson City?

4. How many miles of mail service does the owner of the Division Superintendent oversee?

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

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