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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) Nothing.
(b) Twice the amount they thought.
(c) Three times the amount they thought.
(d) Half the amount they thought.

2. How many people has Slade killed, as mentioned in the book?
(a) Twenty-eight.
(b) Twenty-seven.
(c) Twenty-six.
(d) Twenty-nine.

3. What is the author's goal in Roughing It?
(a) To become rich with as much effort as it takes.
(b) To travel across the country twice within a year.
(c) To become rich with little effort.
(d) To travel across the country three times within a year.

4. According to the driver, what lake do the Mormons gather saleratus from?
(a) Burlington Lake.
(b) Gray Rocks Reservoir.
(c) Soda Lake.
(d) La Prele Reservoir.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As the narrator recounts, who is the stage carrying that the Goshoot Indians once attacked?

2. What does the narrator ask his superior to raise his salary to after the first week of working in the mill?

3. Who does the narrator get to sign the requests for money to the government in order to help his brother?

4. What do the glittering rocks that the narrator originally collects turn out to be?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What warning is the narrator and his party given as they approach the Honey Lake Smith's Inn, and what is their response?

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

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

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

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