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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 a soldier.
(b) That he was not Christian.
(c) That he killed many people.
(d) That he built a church by himself.

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

3. What did Twain think of the correspondence of the man in Chapter 48?
(a) It was short.
(b) It was well written.
(c) It was doubtful.
(d) It was believable.

4. What was the only thing left of Napoleon?
(a) The foundation.
(b) The roof.
(c) A door.
(d) A chimney.

5. What happened to Twain's friend's wife and child?
(a) They died in an accident.
(b) They were murdered.
(c) They left him.
(d) They were arrested.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What celebration did Twain write about in Chapter 46?

3. What was Twain's first reaction to the letter?

4. When would Twain usually de-boat?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the carpenter in Chapter 55 tell Twain?

2. What did Twain write about St. Anne?

3. What did Twain write about the graveyards in New Orleans based on Chapter 42?

4. What benefited laborers and plantation owners alike in Chapter 33?

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

6. What did Twain doubt in Chapter 48?

7. What characteristics did Uncle Remus have based on Chapter 47?

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

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

10. Who did Twain write about in Chapter 59?

(see the answer keys)

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