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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. How is the Whiteman Cement Mine described?
(a) Buried.
(b) Accessible.
(c) Fabricated.
(d) Elusive.
2. What does the narrator do before he leaves to visit Capt. John Nye?
(a) He leaves a note on the door for his brother.
(b) He stops by the doctor's office to get medical supplies.
(c) He stops by the trading post to get food.
(d) He leaves a note on the door for Higbie.
3. What does the narrator rent to give his first public lectures?
(a) An opera house.
(b) A saloon.
(c) The city building.
(d) The town square.
4. Where does the narrator begin touring for his lectures?
(a) The Midwest.
(b) The Southwest.
(c) The East Coast.
(d) The West Coast.
5. Whose funeral does the narrator witness while visiting Honolulu?
(a) Princess Augusta.
(b) Princess Margaret.
(c) Princess Victoria.
(d) Princess Alexandra.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why did one of the Germans give their map to Mr. Whiteman?
2. What two places does the narrator visit while in Honolulu?
3. How many Chinese people live in Virgina at the time of the book?
4. What title does Jack Williams hold at one time?
5. According to the narrator, how much silver has Nevada shipped in 1865?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Jack Williams and what does his story depict about Nevada in the late 1800s?
2. How does the narrator begin working for the Enterprise in Virginia?
3. What is pocket mining and the result of the narrator's attempt at it?
4. How does the narrator describe Mono Lake?
5. Who is Higbie, and why is he valuable for the narrator's search of Mr. Whiteman?
6. What is the process of mining silver and shipping it to California in 1865?
7. What happens when the narrator encounters a band of highway bandits after a lecture?
8. Why is finding a good horse a difficult task in Hawaii?
9. What is the new career choice the narrator makes towards the end of the book, and how does it begin?
10. How does the narrator describe Hawaii and what initial setback does he encounter there?
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