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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How much money did Twain live on while writing "The Innocents Abroad"?
(a) $12 a week.
(b) $48 a week.
(c) $24 a week.
(d) $36 a week.

4. How did Harte survive financially at the end of his life?
(a) He stole money from friends.
(b) He married a rich widow.
(c) His father left an inheritance.
(d) He borrowed money.

5. How did Henry die?
(a) Drowned in the river.
(b) Caught yellow fever.
(c) Boiler explosion.
(d) Was shot in the back.

6. How much time passed before Twain saw the man who first refused to publish Twain's first book?.
(a) 25 years.
(b) 19 years.
(c) 21 years.
(d) 23 years.

7. What did Twain like most about Higbie?
(a) His poor spelling.
(b) His thick beard.
(c) His sense of humor.
(d) His strange accent.

8. What does Twain think could have happened if the person who died in 1907 had some education?
(a) He could have delivered great sermons.
(b) He could have been a successful business man.
(c) He could have been a famous writer.
(d) He could have taught at colleges.

9. What is Twain's opinion of himself?
(a) Not complimentary.
(b) He finds himself amusing.
(c) He is very conceited.
(d) Outstanding.

10. What does Twain say his mother thought of the trouble he caused as a boy?
(a) She was confused by it.
(b) She expected it.
(c) She hated it.
(d) She liked it.

11. When does Twain want his book to be published?
(a) After his death.
(b) When his wife dies.
(c) When his last living child dies.
(d) In ten year editions.

12. Why would Twain prefer a wobbly billiards table?
(a) It allows him to practice his skill.
(b) It has provided good times to more people.
(c) He has better chance of winning.
(d) It has more character.

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

14. On what river did Twain desperately want to travel?
(a) The Ganges.
(b) The Amazon.
(c) The Thames.
(d) The Mississippi.

15. Why does Twain not get very close to his older siblings?
(a) They are much older than he is.
(b) They do not like the dirty games he played.
(c) They do not live long enough.
(d) They move away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the publishing company nervous about releasing "The Innocents Abroad?"

2. What did Twain see some Irish boys doing one night after he left Nevada?

3. What is the name of the first publisher to turn Twain's first book down?

4. How was Twain recording his autobiography when he died?

5. What was the name of Twain's older brother?

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