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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 long does the mining crew spend digging a shaft in their newly claimed mountainside?
(a) A few weeks.
(b) One week.
(c) Two months.
(d) Four months.

2. How many followers of the Governor does Mrs. O'Flannigan's ranch host?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Nineteen.

3. Where do the horses go after being scared away by the party's attempt to start a fire?
(a) A nearby forest.
(b) A nearby barn.
(c) A stage station.
(d) A cave.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is the narrator's mining crew forced to stay at Honey Lake Smith's Inn?

2. How does Slade develop a reputation for being a fearless fighter?

3. When the party reaches Esmeralda, how much do they conclude that the claims they have are worth?

4. How long do the travelers stay at Salt Lake City before packing food and leaving?

5. How often are the horses switched that are pulling the mail coach on the way to Carson City?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the narrator's party claim their mining areas along the mountains in Unionville, and what happens as they try to work in them?

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

4. How do the members of the narrator's mining party get lost in Chapter XXXII, and what happens with their attempts to start a fire?

5. How does Slade die and what point does the narrator make about it?

6. What is the economy of Salt Lake City like, and how long do the travelers stay there?

7. Why is Slade feared and what happens between him and the narrator?

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

9. What is Roughing It about, according to the author?

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

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