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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 is the name of the paper that the narrator is supposed to write for in Virginia, before it goes out of print?
(a) The Daily Occidental.
(b) The Monthly Occidental.
(c) The Weekly Occidental.
(d) The Yearly Occidental.

2. What bites the narrator during his stay in Honolulu?
(a) A scorpion.
(b) A spider.
(c) An alligator.
(d) A snake.

3. According to the legend, how long ago was the Whiteman Cement Mine discovered?
(a) Twelve years ago.
(b) Fifteen years ago.
(c) Twenty-five years ago.
(d) Ten years ago.

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

5. Why does Mr. Higbie join the narrator's party?
(a) He has read descriptions of Mr. Whiteman.
(b) He is good friends with Mr. Whiteman.
(c) He can recognize Mr. Whiteman on sight.
(d) He is good friends with the relatives of Mr. Whiteman.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nookes die?

2. What is a Kanaka?

3. After the narrator loses his job as a reporter, how long does he avoid everyone he knows?

4. Where is the narrator giving a lecture when he encounters the highway bandits?

5. Where is the preacher, Erickson, originally from?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the narrator begin working for the Enterprise in Virginia?

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

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

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

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

7. What lifestyle does the narrator have in the first few months of his stay in San Francisco, and how does it change dramatically?

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

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 the trip from Hawaii to San Francisco and what is his situation once he arrives there?

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