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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. When the party reaches Esmeralda, how much do they conclude that the claims they have are worth?
(a) Half the amount they thought.
(b) Three times the amount they thought.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Twice the amount they thought.

2. Where is Hebert C. Kimball from?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) New York.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Connecticut.

3. What is the narrative of Roughing It?
(a) It is written in both the first and third person.
(b) It is written in the first person.
(c) It is written in the second person.
(d) It is written in the third person.

4. What do the members of the party do before going to sleep on the winter night they are convinced will be their last?
(a) They begin telling jokes.
(b) They begin screaming for help.
(c) They begin crying.
(d) They begin criticizing each other.

5. When does the coach begin to move across the Great American Desert?
(a) On the twenty-first day of the trip.
(b) On the eighteenth day of the trip.
(c) On the twenty-second day of the trip.
(d) On the nineteenth day of the trip.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much will the narrator's brother be paid for his new job?

2. Who warns the narrator's crew about the rising rivers?

3. How many pounds of luggage are the passengers allowed on the mail coach?

4. How long does it take the narrator and his brother to reach St. Joseph on the steamboat?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are Twain's views about the amount of information in the book, as he states 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. What is the story of Bemis and the buffalo, and how do the other passengers respond to it?

6. How long is the Prefatory in Roughing It, and what is its purpose?

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

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

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

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

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