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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the carpenter in Chapter 55 tell Twain?
(a) That he was not Christian.
(b) That he was a soldier.
(c) That he built a church by himself.
(d) That he killed many people.

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

3. What happened to Napoleon?
(a) It was remodeled.
(b) It was moved.
(c) It was taken apart.
(d) It burned to the ground.

4. What did Twain think of New Orleans graveyards in Chapter 42?
(a) He found them too large.
(b) He found them dirty.
(c) He found them too small.
(d) He found them beautiful.

5. What southern occupation did Twain describe in Chapter 45?
(a) Economical tak.
(b) Politic talk.
(c) War talk.
(d) Peace talk.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Twain give to a bum as a child according to Chapter 56?

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

4. What did Twain think of the correspondence of the man in Chapter 48?

5. What happened to many of the pilots Twain knew when he was younger, according to Chapter 49?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Twain compare steamboats to houses in Chapter 38?

2. Where did Twain return in Chapter 60?

3. What was the manufacturing city, Natchez, like as described in Chapter 39?

4. What did the homeless man do in Chapter 56?

5. What happened to The Gold Dust in Chapter 37?

6. Who did Twain think about when passing by Sunday School in Chapter 54?

7. What had become of many of the pilots Twain knew as a young man in Chapter 48?

8. What did Twain write about Southern speech in Chapter 44?

9. Who did Twain write about in Chapter 59?

10. What three Southern occupations did Twain describe in Chapter 45 and what was Twain's opinion on each?

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