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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20-21 | Chapters 22-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Twain describe his older brother?
(a) The most confused and innocent man.
(b) The most happy and alarmed man.
(c) The most revered and deranged man.
(d) The most miserable and hopeful man.

2. What kind of epidemic spread through the town when Twain was 10?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Measles.
(c) Consumption.
(d) Polio.

3. What did Twain once give a man in jail?
(a) Matches.
(b) A knife.
(c) Some food.
(d) A cigarette.

4. How old was Twain when he had his first crush on a girl?
(a) 12.
(b) 11.
(c) 9.
(d) 10.

5. Of what ailment did a faith doctor cure Twain's mother?
(a) A toothache.
(b) A stomach pain.
(c) A headache.
(d) A fever.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Twain's older brother work?

2. What does Twain do with his daily dose of pain killer?

3. How did Higbie get a job?

4. What character is Twain supposed to be in his sister's play?

5. What does Twain bring home from caves as a young boy?

(see the answer key)

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