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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the story the narrator tells, how is Hank Monk taken to his destination?
(a) At high speed in a stagecoach.
(b) Slowly in a stagecoach.
(c) Slowly on horseback.
(d) At high speed on horseback.

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

3. What causes the driver to lose the road one night?
(a) A hurricane.
(b) A tornado.
(c) A patch of mud.
(d) A rainstorm.

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

5. How do the miners claim the ledge on the side of the mountain?
(a) With a verbal declaration.
(b) With a mark made by a rock.
(c) With a stranger as a witness.
(d) With a notice.

6. Where are the vigilantes from that hang Slade?
(a) Wyoming.
(b) Iowa.
(c) California.
(d) Montana.

7. What eventually happens to Jules?
(a) He disappears and is never heard from again.
(b) He is run over by a stagecoach.
(c) He is killed by Slade.
(d) He is killed by Indians.

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

9. As they are having breakfast, what does Slade offer the narrator?
(a) The first two eggs.
(b) The first cup of coffee.
(c) The last cup of coffee.
(d) The last two eggs.

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

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

12. What state in particular is the backdrop for the mining adventures described in the story?
(a) Texas.
(b) Minnesota.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Nevada.

13. How many days have the travelers been riding in the stage coach when they encounter the Goshoot Indians?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Eighteen.

14. According to the driver, what lake do the Mormons gather saleratus from?
(a) Soda Lake.
(b) La Prele Reservoir.
(c) Burlington Lake.
(d) Gray Rocks Reservoir.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the result of the first fight between Slade and Jules?

2. How many novels had Mark Twain written before Roughing It?

3. When does the great Indian Mail Robbery take place?

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

5. When do the narrator and his friends begin their trip to mine for silver?

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