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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 3-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Backwoodsman?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) A secret brotherhood.
(c) An Indian organization.
(d) An English person who lived in the Indian backwoods.

2. What did Carnehan and Dravot promise to avoid in the pursuit of their kingdom?
(a) Liquor and gambling.
(b) Liquor and women.
(c) Women and government spies.
(d) Gambling and revealing their identities.

3. Once the narrator was joined by another train passenger, the passenger was described using what adjective?
(a) Smug.
(b) Huge.
(c) Small.
(d) Dapper.

4. How many months of the year did the narrator say newspaper offices are often empty?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

5. The narrator states that Carnehan no more knew where his next meal was coming from, than what type of animal did?
(a) A snake.
(b) A crow.
(c) A sparrow.
(d) An alligator.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the narrator move from the office to the press-room?

2. On what did Carnehan want to spend his only remaining money?

3. Where did the narrator go after he disembarked from the train?

4. Most of the newspaper was what, according to the narrator?

5. The narrator states on the first page of the story that he feared that his "King" (3) had met what fate?

(see the answer key)

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