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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are the followers supposed to bring back after they survey the east area?
(a) Beetles.
(b) Tarantulas.
(c) Grasshoppers.
(d) Snakes.

3. Which area is rumored to be rich with silver?
(a) Humboldt County.
(b) Rye Patch.
(c) Rose Creek.
(d) Mill City.

4. How much per week is the narrator paid for his work at the mill?
(a) Fifteen dollars.
(b) Ten dollars.
(c) Five dollars.
(d) Twenty dollars.

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

6. Who does the narrator get to sign the requests for money to the government in order to help his brother?
(a) Stagecoach drivers.
(b) Local lawmakers.
(c) Indians.
(d) Drunks.

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

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

9. How long does the narrator's crew rest in Carson City before heading back to Esmeralda?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) One week.
(c) Two days.
(d) Four days.

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

11. How many novels had Mark Twain written before Roughing It?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) None.
(d) Three.

12. How long does it take the narrator to pack his bags to accompany his brother on the trip?
(a) Less than an hour.
(b) More than an hour.
(c) Less than thirty minutes.
(d) More than two hours.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much equipment is loaded into the wagon that the narrator and his friends take to the mountains for mining?

3. What kind of weapon does the narrator carry?

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

5. How do the miners claim the ledge on the side of the mountain?

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