View a FREE sample

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) News bulletins.
(c) Funny pieces.
(d) Steamboat reviews.

2. What did Twain do after hearing the carpenter's story in Chapter 55?
(a) He warned the only Lynch in town.
(b) He asked to see the church pastor.
(c) He reported the man to the army.
(d) He warned the local church.

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

4. Who did Twain talk to in Chapter 40?
(a) Mrs. Trollope.
(b) Mrs. Talp.
(c) Mrs. Bourg.
(d) Mrs. Rosenberg.

5. What did Twain find had improved in New Orleans in Chapter 41?
(a) The hygiene.
(b) The lights.
(c) The water system.
(d) The public parks.

6. What did the men on Twain's boat think of him wanting to disembark at Napoleon in Chapter 32?
(a) They found it sad.
(b) They found it alarming.
(c) They found it hilarious.
(d) They found it pathetic.

7. What boat did Twain say exploded in Chapter 37?
(a) The Golden Bar.
(b) The Gold Dust.
(c) The Gold Rush.
(d) The Gold Nugget.

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

9. What has been Napoleon before its destruction?
(a) A stable.
(b) A shop.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A coop.

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

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

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

13. What cards did the gambler get in Chapter 36?
(a) 4 queens.
(b) 4 aces.
(c) 4 king.
(d) 4 tens.

14. Who did Twain's brother think killed the bum?
(a) A close friend of his.
(b) Mark.
(c) A boy named Ben.
(d) His father.

15. What did Twain's friend say people never skimp on?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Baked goods.
(c) Lawyers.
(d) Funerals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city did Twain write about in Chapter 40?

2. What happened to Bixby according to Chapter 49?

3. What battlefield did Twain describe in Chapter 34?

4. What did Twain say was profitable before, but were later hardly worth anything?

5. What weather accompanied Twain during his travels in Chapter 51?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 386 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample