View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, how much silver has Nevada shipped in 1865?
(a) Over fifty million dollars worth.
(b) Over forty million dollars worth.
(c) Over twenty million dollars worth.
(d) Over thirty million dollars worth.

2. How long does it take the narrator to travel back to the West Coast from Hawaii?
(a) Several weeks.
(b) Several days.
(c) A few weeks.
(d) A few days.

3. What city is the narrator in when he waits in line to see a woman while mining?
(a) Cedar City.
(b) Star City.
(c) Boulder City.
(d) Bullhead City.

4. What species feed around Mono Lake?
(a) Reptiles.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Squirrels.
(d) Birds.

5. What is a nabob?
(a) People who go from being poor to rich quickly.
(b) People who gradually go from being poor to rich.
(c) People who have too much money to spend and try to become poor.
(d) People who spend their lives trying to become rich, but remain poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose funeral does the narrator witness while visiting Honolulu?

2. How is Nookes thrown overboard from Blakely's boat?

3. How much money does the narrator borrow from the bank in Chapter LV?

4. How is the silver ore melted before it is shipped to California?

5. Why did one of the Germans give their map to Mr. Whiteman?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the narrator encounters a band of highway bandits after a lecture?

2. What is on the islands in the center of Mono Lake?

3. Why is the narrator's work never published in The Weekly Occidental?

4. What is pocket mining and the result of the narrator's attempt at it?

5. How does the narrator describe Hawaii and what initial setback does he encounter there?

6. How does the narrator describe the trip from Hawaii to San Francisco and what is his situation once he arrives there?

7. How long is the narrator's trip, and what does he conclude at the end of the story?

8. What difficulties does the narrator have in finding stories to write?

9. What is the City of Refuge?

10. What is the process of mining silver and shipping it to California in 1865?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 930 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample