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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did the gambler make it big?
(a) The man he was gambling against accidentally dealt a fixed hand wrong.
(b) He counted cards.
(c) He found a winning lottery ticket.
(d) He discover his opponent's tell.

3. Who told Twain about the gambler who wanted to do business with him in Chapter 36?
(a) A cook.
(b) A professor.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A geologist.

4. What historical period did the south romanticize according to Twain?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) The Roman Empire.
(c) The French revolution.
(d) The Middle Ages.

5. Where did the man Twain describe in Chapter 48 sent correspondence from?
(a) The afterlife.
(b) Paris.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) The land of the lost.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. What city did Twain write about in Chapter 40?
(a) Baton Rouge.
(b) Natchez.
(c) Belleville.
(d) New Orleans.

13. What did Twain write he wished for after his death?
(a) To be cremated.
(b) To be buried at sea.
(c) To be buried in New Orleans.
(d) To be embalmed.

14. What did the letter the man received in Chapter 52 say?
(a) That the writer found a new life with work.
(b) That the writer found a new life with the army.
(c) That the writer found a new life with money.
(d) That the writer found a new life with God.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What town did Twain stay at in Chapter 31?

2. What did Twain remember as he passed by Sunday school?

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

4. What did Twain's friend say people never skimp on?

5. Where did Twain go in Chapter 53?

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