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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the narrator giving a lecture when he encounters the highway bandits?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Amarillo.

2. What salary does the narrator start off with while working at the newspaper?
(a) Forty-five dollars per week.
(b) Twenty-five dollars per week.
(c) Thirty-five dollars per week.
(d) Fifteen dollars per week.

3. According to the narrator, how much silver has Nevada shipped in 1865?
(a) Over twenty million dollars worth.
(b) Over fifty million dollars worth.
(c) Over forty million dollars worth.
(d) Over thirty million dollars worth.

4. How far away from Honolulu is the big island of Hawaii?
(a) One hundred and fifty miles.
(b) Three hundred miles.
(c) Two hundred and fifty miles.
(d) Two hundred miles.

5. How is Nookes thrown overboard from Blakely's boat?
(a) With his ankles tied.
(b) With his face beaten.
(c) With his arm broken.
(d) With his hands tied.

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

7. According to the information in Chapter LXIII, how many people live in Honolulu?
(a) Twenty thousand.
(b) Twelve thousand.
(c) Thirty thousand.
(d) Twenty-two thousand.

8. How does the narrator find himself when he reaches San Francisco in Chapter LXXVIII?
(a) He has a job and some money saved.
(b) Jobless and penniless.
(c) He has no job, but has some money saved.
(d) Penniless, but he has a job.

9. After the narrator loses his job as a reporter, how long does he avoid everyone he knows?
(a) Two months.
(b) Three months.
(c) Five months.
(d) Four months.

10. How does the narrator get back to Esmeralda after taking care of Capt. John Nye?
(a) He rents a horse.
(b) He walks.
(c) He rides with a family on their wagon.
(d) He takes a stage coach.

11. How many miles does the narrator travel to the islands of Mono Lake?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Sixteen.

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

13. What is the Wide West?
(a) A novel.
(b) A newspaper column.
(c) A mining company.
(d) A term used to describe the unsettled Nevada country.

14. How is Jack Williams killed?
(a) While walking to his horse.
(b) While drinking at the bar.
(c) While playing poker.
(d) While arguing with a friend.

15. What newspaper does the narrator become the editor for after his mining career does not pan out?
(a) The Enterprise.
(b) The Times.
(c) The Review.
(d) The Standard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mr. Higbie join the narrator's party?

2. How does the narrator describe his trip back to San Francisco?

3. What does the narrator do after his lectures become a success?

4. Where does Higbie go on the same day that the narrator leaves to take care of Capt. John Nye?

5. Where did the Germans go after finding the Whiteman Cement Mine?

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