Pudd'nhead Wilson Short Question Test Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapters 1-2

1. What is the name of the town in this book?

Dawson's Landing.

2. What word does Twain use to describe the town in this book?

Sleepy.

3. What river runs by the town in this book?

The Mississippi River.

4. Who is the most prominent man in the town?

Judge Driscoll.

5. Where are the ancestors of the most prominent man in town from?

Virginia.

6. What was the most prominent man in town never able to have?

A child.

7. Who lives with the most prominent man in town?

His sister.

8. What killed most of the most prominent man in town's nieces and nephews?

Childhood illnesses.

9. What is the name of the most prominent man in town's only surviving nephew?

Thomas.

10. What is the name of Percy's slave?

Roxana.

11. What does Percy's slave name her baby?

Valet.

12. What is...
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