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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As the narrator recounts, who is the stage carrying that the Goshoot Indians once attacked?
(a) A judge.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A senator.
(d) A mayor.

3. What does the narrator ask his superior to raise his salary to after the first week of working in the mill?
(a) $400,000 yearly.
(b) $200,000 monthly.
(c) $200,000 yearly.
(d) $400,000 monthly.

4. How do the other travelers react to Bemis' story about the buffalo that chased him?
(a) They believe most of it.
(b) They believe some of it.
(c) They believe it.
(d) They do not believe it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Morgan claim during the court case?

2. How many days has the coach been traveling when it reaches Carson City?

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

4. What is the Washoe Zephyr?

5. Where are the vigilantes from that hang Slade?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Twain's views about the amount of information in the book, as he states in the Prefatory?

2. Why does the story of Hank Monk and Horace Greeley irritate the narrator so much?

3. How do the narrator and his crew respond to the prospect of freezing to death?

4. What is the Great American Desert like, and what is interesting about Carson Lake?

5. What is the story of Bemis and the buffalo, and how do the other passengers respond to it?

6. How does the narrator help his brother in writing to the government for money?

7. What is the experience the narrator has in buying a horse in Carson City?

8. Who accompanies the narrator on his trip to Humboldt County, and how does the first two hundred miles of their expedition go?

9. What skills does Captain John Nye have, and how does he help the narrator and his party?

10. How does the author build up the anticipation for the book in the Prefatory?

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