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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other work did the man Twain took his name from produce after Twain took his name?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Steamboat reviews.
(c) Funny pieces.
(d) News bulletins.

2. Why was Twain delighted concerning Bixby in Chapter 48?
(a) He finds him aged..
(b) He finds him in a wheelchair
(c) He finds him exactly the same.
(d) He finds him without a job.

3. Where did Twain return to after finishing his trip, according to Chapter 60?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Chicago.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) New York

4. What was Twain's friend's name in Chapter 31?
(a) Grum.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Ritter.
(d) Supper.

5. What did Twain give to a bum as a child according to Chapter 56?
(a) Food.
(b) Money.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Matches.

6. What did Twain say was profitable before, but were later hardly worth anything?
(a) Passenger transport.
(b) Grain transports.
(c) Steamboat poker tournaments.
(d) Steamboat bars.

7. Why did Twain think the New Orleans graveyard to be dangerous?
(a) Because of open graves.
(b) Because of grave robbers.
(c) Because of the chemicals the dead bodies emitted.
(d) Because of alligators.

8. Why did the man with the same pseudonym hate Twain?
(a) Twain stole his name.
(b) Twain tried to steal his fame.
(c) Twain tried to force an apology from him.
(d) Twain mocked him.

9. What weather accompanied Twain during his travels in Chapter 51?
(a) Rain.
(b) Thunderstorm.
(c) Fog.
(d) Sun.

10. Why was Twain disappointed at the end of Chapter 52?
(a) Mr. Brown didn't exist.
(b) He could not see Mr. Brown.
(c) Mr. Brown refused to see him.
(d) He didn't understand Mr. Brown.

11. What did Twain compare steamboats to in Chapter 38?
(a) An average fancy house.
(b) An average hotel.
(c) A large farm.
(d) An average train.

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

13. How many died in the battlefield described in Chapter 34?
(a) 35,000.
(b) 17,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 15,000.

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

15. What did Twain remember as he passed by Sunday school?
(a) His parents.
(b) His brother.
(c) Two acquaintances that died as children.
(d) His first crush.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Twain later shocked about the letter in Chapter 52?

2. What did Twain miss, according to Chapter 44?

3. What historical period did the south romanticize according to Twain?

4. Why did Twain's friend not like epidemics?

5. Why did the man and the woman in Chapter 49 marry?

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