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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose funeral does the narrator witness while visiting Honolulu?
(a) Princess Victoria.
(b) Princess Augusta.
(c) Princess Margaret.
(d) Princess Alexandra.

2. What mountain does the narrator see as he is leaving for California?
(a) Mt. Linn.
(b) Mt. Clark.
(c) Mt. Davidson.
(d) Mt. Maclure.

3. What title does Jack Williams hold at one time?
(a) Governor.
(b) Town Sheriff.
(c) Deputy Marshal.
(d) Mayor.

4. What is a nabob?
(a) People who gradually go from being poor to rich.
(b) People who have too much money to spend and try to become poor.
(c) People who go from being poor to rich quickly.
(d) People who spend their lives trying to become rich, but remain poor.

5. What is a Kanaka?
(a) A native game.
(b) A native fruit.
(c) A native hut.
(d) A native canoe.

6. While the narrator is in Virginia, how is a person's reputation determined?
(a) Their social position.
(b) Their job.
(c) Their relatives.
(d) Their money.

7. How long does it take the narrator to travel back to the West Coast from Hawaii?
(a) Several days.
(b) A few days.
(c) A few weeks.
(d) Several weeks.

8. What state does a friend suggest the narrator travel to and sell Nevada mining property?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) New York.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Connecticut.

9. What is the weather like when the narrator encounters the highway bandits after a lecture?
(a) It is hot.
(b) It is raining.
(c) It is cold.
(d) It is mild.

10. When must work be performed on a new claim to prevent it from being relocated?
(a) Within ten days.
(b) Within forty days.
(c) Within thirty days.
(d) Within twenty days.

11. What is pocket mining?
(a) Looking for small pockets of gold under water.
(b) Looking for small pockets of gold in abandoned mines.
(c) Looking for small pockets of gold just below the terrain's surface.
(d) Looking for small pockets of gold on the terrain's surface.

12. How long does the narrator stay with Capt. John Nye to help him through his spasmodic rheumatism?
(a) Nine days.
(b) Fourteen days.
(c) Eleven days.
(d) Five days.

13. Why is it difficult to find a good horse in Honolulu?
(a) All of the horses are owned.
(b) The horses are too expensive to purchase from the natives.
(c) The horses are treated badly by the natives.
(d) There are hardly any horses on the island.

14. What bites the narrator during his stay in Honolulu?
(a) An alligator.
(b) A scorpion.
(c) A spider.
(d) A snake.

15. Where does the narrator begin touring for his lectures?
(a) The West Coast.
(b) The Midwest.
(c) The Southwest.
(d) The East Coast.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does San Francisco go without any rainfall?

2. What is the only living thing in Mono Lake?

3. Why does the narrator resign as chief editor of the newspaper so quickly?

4. What is the total amount of time that the narrator stays in Hawaii?

5. How does Nookes die?

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