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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. How many lines did Twain's acquaintance have in the play he acted in?
(a) 10
(b) 135.
(c) None.
(d) Everything.

2. What did the manufacturing city in Chapter 39 produce?
(a) Ice and oil from cotton seeds.
(b) Oil and wine.
(c) Ice and cannon powder.
(d) Cannons.

3. What did Twain think of New Orleans graveyards in Chapter 42?
(a) He found them dirty.
(b) He found them too large.
(c) He found them beautiful.
(d) He found them too small.

4. Who did Twain hear about in Chapter 59?
(a) British.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Indians.
(d) French.

5. What hero pilot ended up disabled?
(a) Robert.
(b) Richie.
(c) Bixby.
(d) Stephen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What weather accompanied Twain during his travels in Chapter 51?

2. Where did the man Twain describe in Chapter 48 sent correspondence from?

3. Who did Twain's brother think killed the bum?

4. What did Twain think of the correspondence of the man in Chapter 48?

5. What did Twain notice about the cities he was visiting in Chapter 57?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did Twain write about in Chapter 59?

2. What did Twain say about his encounter with a friend who was an undertaker according to Chapter 43?

3. What happened to The Gold Dust in Chapter 37?

4. How did Twain compare steamboats to houses in Chapter 38?

5. What did Twain learn about other people's opinions about him in Chapter 53?

6. What did Twain explain about his pen name in Chapter 50?

7. What did the homeless man do in Chapter 56?

8. Who and what did Twain write about Mardi Gras in Chapter 45?

9. What did Twain write about Southern speech in Chapter 44?

10. What did Twain remark about cities and towns along the Upper Mississippi in Chapter 58?

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