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. What does the narrator do before he leaves to visit Capt. John Nye?
(a) He leaves a note on the door for Higbie.
(b) He leaves a note on the door for his brother.
(c) He stops by the trading post to get food.
(d) He stops by the doctor's office to get medical supplies.

2. 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 Monthly Occidental.
(b) The Yearly Occidental.
(c) The Daily Occidental.
(d) The Weekly Occidental.

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

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

5. Where did the Germans go after finding the Whiteman Cement Mine?
(a) Montana.
(b) Indiana.
(c) California.
(d) Iowa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weather like when the narrator encounters the highway bandits after a lecture?

2. According to the legend, how long ago was the Whiteman Cement Mine discovered?

3. When must work be performed on a new claim to prevent it from being relocated?

4. What state does a friend suggest the narrator travel to and sell Nevada mining property?

5. Why does the narrator resign as chief editor of the newspaper so quickly?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What are the two different reasons that both the narrator and Higbie abandon their blind lead claim, and what is the result?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,098 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample