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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When does the coach begin to move across the Great American Desert?
(a) On the twenty-first day of the trip.
(b) On the nineteenth day of the trip.
(c) On the twenty-second day of the trip.
(d) On the eighteenth day of the trip.

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

4. Where is the author traveling to?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) San Diego.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) Kansas City.

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

6. Where does the narrator finally enjoy a great breakfast?
(a) Horseshoe Lake.
(b) Pleasant Hill.
(c) Robinsonville.
(d) Green River.

7. What does Slade reportedly do while he is being hung?
(a) Yells.
(b) Offers a bribe.
(c) Stays silent.
(d) Cries.

8. When does the book take place?
(a) The early 1850s.
(b) The early 1860s.
(c) The late 1860s.
(d) The late 1850s.

9. How much property does it reportedly take to accumulate a fortune in mining?
(a) A little over one hundred feet.
(b) A few feet.
(c) One hundred feet.
(d) Several feet.

10. What makes the snow-covered mountains especially impressive to the narrator?
(a) The lack of snow on the tops.
(b) The season.
(c) The weather.
(d) The abundance of snow on the tops.

11. Which one of the following is NOT found in the Great American Desert?
(a) Wagon parts.
(b) Relics.
(c) Bones.
(d) Indian money.

12. Where does the narrator's mining crew decide to visit after they stop digging their tunnels?
(a) Clark Lateral.
(b) Twin Falls.
(c) Esmeralda.
(d) Winnemucca.

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

14. What two bodies of water do the streams at the top of the South Pass empty into?
(a) The Pacific Ocean and the Mississippi River.
(b) The Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.
(c) The Indian Ocean and the Missouri River.
(d) The Mississippi River and the Missouri River.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days have the travelers been riding in the stage coach when they encounter the Goshoot Indians?

2. How many followers of the Governor does Mrs. O'Flannigan's ranch host?

3. How much per week is the narrator paid for his work at the mill?

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

5. What do the glittering rocks that the narrator originally collects turn out to be?

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