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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 does the narrator examine for an hour in a mine in order to write an article?
(a) The working conditions of miners.
(b) The amount of silver in the mine.
(c) The amount of gold in the mine.
(d) The damages of an earthquake.

2. How many miles does the narrator travel to the islands of Mono Lake?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Twelve.

3. How is the Whiteman Cement Mine described?
(a) Buried.
(b) Accessible.
(c) Elusive.
(d) Fabricated.

4. What is a Kanaka?
(a) A native game.
(b) A native canoe.
(c) A native fruit.
(d) A native hut.

5. How many temples does the narrator see in the City of Refuge?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) None.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the total amount of time that the narrator stays in Hawaii?

2. What two places does the narrator visit while in Honolulu?

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

4. How long does the narrator stay with Capt. John Nye to help him through his spasmodic rheumatism?

5. According to the narrator, what is one of the hottest places in the world?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the City of Refuge?

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

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

5. Who is Higbie, and why is he valuable for the narrator's search of Mr. Whiteman?

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

7. What is the new career choice the narrator makes towards the end of the book, and how does it begin?

8. How does the narrator describe Mono Lake?

9. What is the rivalry between Captain Ned Blakely and Bill Nookes?

10. What is the Whiteman Cement Mine and why is it considered to be elusive?

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