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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. Where does Boggs trick the narrator into waiting for him in hopes of getting a story?
(a) In a stage station.
(b) In an abandoned warehouse.
(c) In a desert.
(d) In a mine shaft.

2. How long does the narrator stay with Capt. John Nye to help him through his spasmodic rheumatism?
(a) Five days.
(b) Eleven days.
(c) Fourteen days.
(d) Nine days.

3. What is pocket mining?
(a) Looking for small pockets of gold under water.
(b) Looking for small pockets of gold in abandoned mines.
(c) Looking for small pockets of gold just below the terrain's surface.
(d) Looking for small pockets of gold on the terrain's surface.

4. How is Nookes thrown overboard from Blakely's boat?
(a) With his face beaten.
(b) With his ankles tied.
(c) With his arm broken.
(d) With his hands tied.

5. What is the weather like when the narrator encounters the highway bandits after a lecture?
(a) It is mild.
(b) It is raining.
(c) It is hot.
(d) It is cold.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many miles does the narrator travel to the islands of Mono Lake?

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

4. What does the narrator rent to give his first public lectures?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is finding a good horse a difficult task in Hawaii?

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

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

7. What causes the narrator to travel to San Francisco?

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

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

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

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