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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 do after his lectures become a success?
(a) He hires an agent.
(b) He hires a co-writer.
(c) He gives an interview to the newspaper.
(d) He begins writing his lectures out to be published in the newspaper.

2. Where is the preacher, Erickson, originally from?
(a) Montana.
(b) Wisconsin.
(c) Wyoming.
(d) Michigan.

3. What is the only living thing in Mono Lake?
(a) Worms.
(b) Leeches.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Spiders.

4. How does the narrator find himself when he reaches San Francisco in Chapter LXXVIII?
(a) Penniless, but he has a job.
(b) He has a job and some money saved.
(c) Jobless and penniless.
(d) He has no job, but has some money saved.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the information in Chapter LXIII, how many people live in Honolulu?

2. How is the Whiteman Cement Mine described?

3. Where did the Germans go after finding the Whiteman Cement Mine?

4. What is a Kanaka?

5. How does the narrator describe his trip back to San Francisco?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does the narrator describe San Francisco?

9. How does Nevada change during the flush times, and what are nabobs?

10. How long does the narrator stay in Hawaii, and in what way does the author's literary tone change in these chapters?

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