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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When would Twain usually de-boat?
(a) 2 p.m.
(b) 10 a.m.
(c) Noon.
(d) Midnight.

3. What was Twain considered to be in his home town, according to Chapter 53?
(a) Dead.
(b) A fool.
(c) Famous.
(d) A traitor.

4. What part was Twain's acquaintance playing in Chapter 51?
(a) Miew.
(b) Romeo.
(c) A Roman soldier.
(d) Roberto.

5. How much money did Twain's friend leave after his death?
(a) $75,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $15,000.

6. Where did Twain see Bixby in Chapter 48?
(a) On a steamboat.
(b) In the street.
(c) On a train.
(d) In a bar.

7. What did Sir Walter Scott do to the south according to Twain?
(a) Removed a spell from it.
(b) Cast a spell on it.
(c) Make it look bad.
(d) Make it more appealing.

8. Who was traveling with Twain in Chapter 51?
(a) Alone.
(b) Maxel Robertson.
(c) Bixby.
(d) Stephen.

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

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

11. What did the man Twain took his name from write under that pseudonym?
(a) Opinion pieces.
(b) News articles.
(c) Silly articles.
(d) Steamboat reviews.

12. Where was Twain traveling to in Chapter 52?
(a) New York.
(b) Baton Rouge.
(c) Saint Louis.
(d) New Orleans.

13. Where was Twain's friend when he saw the body of the second soldier?
(a) Bonn.
(b) Munich.
(c) Rome.
(d) Paris.

14. What battlefield did Twain describe in Chapter 34?
(a) Gettysburg.
(b) Bern.
(c) Vicksburg.
(d) Rome.

15. What did Twain miss, according to Chapter 44?
(a) Visiting the Amazon.
(b) Southern speech.
(c) Life on boats.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Twain describe in Chapter 58?

3. Why did the gambler make it big?

4. What was the job of Twain's friend in Chapter 31?

5. Where did the inhabitants near the battlefield in Chapter 34 take shelter?

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