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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Twain describe in Chapter 58?
(a) Ports on the Mississippi.
(b) The new type of fuels used in steamboats.
(c) The lower Mississippi.
(d) The Upper Mississippi.

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

3. What saint did Twain mention in Chapter 42?
(a) Saint Anne.
(b) Saint Margaret.
(c) Saint Catherine.
(d) Saint Sophie.

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

5. What manufacturing city did Twain describe in Chapter 39?
(a) Rome.
(b) Natchez.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) Louisville.

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

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

8. What did Twain say people in Chapter 44 were using in place of "gone"?
(a) Went.
(b) Go.
(c) Out.
(d) Something sounding like "wone."

9. What was Twain's first reaction to the letter?
(a) He was disinterested.
(b) He was interested.
(c) He was laughing.
(d) He was moved.

10. Why did the man and the woman in Chapter 49 marry?
(a) Because they thought they would inherit some money.
(b) Because he was going to war.
(c) Because they wanted to anger their parents.
(d) Because they loved each other.

11. What town did Twain stay at in Chapter 31?
(a) Tallon.
(b) Vicksburg.
(c) Napoleon.
(d) New Orleans.

12. Who did Twain run into in Chapter 53?
(a) A fellow author.
(b) A wounded soldier.
(c) A young woman.
(d) An old man.

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

14. What did Twain's old friend in Chapter 43 do for a living?
(a) He was a police officer.
(b) He was an undertaker.
(c) He was a baker.
(d) He was a grave robber.

15. What celebration did Twain write about in Chapter 46?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) Mardi Gras.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Christmas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What institution did Twain describe the architecture of in Chapter 40?

2. How many died in the battlefield described in Chapter 34?

3. Why did Twain think the New Orleans graveyard to be dangerous?

4. Who did Twain take the name Mark Twain from, according to Chapter 50?

5. Where did Twain return to after finishing his trip, according to Chapter 60?

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