Selection Quick Checks (English)



1.	Why did the people vanish from the Stanislaus region?
	A.	They left because new mining equipment was cheaper to use.
	B.	They left because they had all become wealthy.
	C.	They left when the surface diggings gave out.
	D.	They left because of the numerous earthquakes.

2.	According the narrator, what do the "living dead men" of California regret?
	A.	having no children
	B.	their wasted lives
	C.	not striking it rich
	D.	not being married

3.	Where does Henry say his wife has gone?
	A.	to a school to finish her education
	B.	to visit a sick neighbor
	C.	shopping in the nearest village
	D.	to see her people

4.	How do the old men get Henry to sleep?
	A.	They spike his drink.
	B.	They make him dance until he is exhausted.
	C.	They tell him stories.
	D.	They play soft, soothing music.

5.	What happened to Henry's wife?
	A.	She died of an illness.
	B.	She ran away from Henry.
	C.	She drowned in the Stanislaus River.
	D.	She was captured by Indians.

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