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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 is the result of the first fight between Slade and Jules?
(a) Slade is wounded.
(b) Jules is wonded.
(c) They are both wounded.
(d) Neither is wounded.

2. How does the narrator's party determine that they are lost in the beginning of Chapter XXXII?
(a) The roads start looking too familiar, leading them in a circle.
(b) They keep switching to different roads and nothing looks familiar.
(c) They have been on the same road for too long.
(d) They cannot see the road.

3. When does the book take place?
(a) The early 1860s.
(b) The early 1850s.
(c) The late 1850s.
(d) The late 1860s.

4. What is Twain examining in Roughing It?
(a) The economic crash of the area he visits.
(b) The underestimation of the economy in the area he visits.
(c) The overestimation of the economy in the area he visits.
(d) The economic boom of the area he visits.

5. During their second unsuccessful attempt at starting a fire, how many matches does the party burn?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Seven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is interesting about Carson Lake?

2. How do the miners claim the ledge on the side of the mountain?

3. What prevents the author from attaining his goal?

4. What two bodies of water do the streams at the top of the South Pass empty into?

5. Where is Hebert C. Kimball from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the situation of Mr. Street and how does it provide an example of Utah's way of governing for the narrator?

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

3. As stated in the Prefatory, what is Twain's intention in writing Roughing It?

4. What role does the press play in the mining industry of Nevada and how does it affect the narrator?

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

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

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

8. What are the limitations of the stage coach that is going to Carson City, Nevada, and which items does the narrator take with him?

9. What causes the narrator to marvel at the sight of the Rocky Mountains?

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

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