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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. What job has the narrator's brother been given for the state of Nevada?
(a) State Representative.
(b) Governor.
(c) Secretary of State.
(d) Secretary of Treasury.

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

3. What is it about English that Twain is studying?
(a) The stunted growth of English as a non-diversified language.
(b) The evolution of English as a diversified language.
(c) The evolution of English as a non-diversified language.
(d) The stunted gwoth of English as a diversified language.

4. As the weapon carried by Bemis, what is the Allen revolver known for?
(a) Its large size.
(b) Its reliability.
(c) Its unreliability.
(d) Its small size.

5. How long does it take the narrator to pack his bags to accompany his brother on the trip?
(a) More than two hours.
(b) Less than thirty minutes.
(c) More than an hour.
(d) Less than an hour.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many soldiers do the travelers encounter at Fort Bridger?

2. When does the coach begin to move across the Great American Desert?

3. Where is the mining business taking place during the time the book was written?

4. As they are having breakfast, what does Slade offer the narrator?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator live past the cold night, and what is ironic about the crew's actions afterward?

2. 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?

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

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

5. How does the narrator describe the coyotes he sees?

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

7. How is the breakfast that the narrator is served in Nebraska described, and what future traveling accommodations does he compare his situation to?

8. What is the weather like in Unionville and what does the narrator find there?

9. What leads the narrator and his party to Esmeralda?

10. What are the details of the court case between Hyde and Morgan, and what is the outcome?

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