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

2. What did Twain say people in Chapter 44 were using in place of "gone"?
(a) Something sounding like "wone."
(b) Go.
(c) Out.
(d) Went.

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

4. Why did Twain have to change a name as mentioned in Chapter 47?
(a) The owner of the name brought a libel suit.
(b) The name didn't reflect the content.
(c) The name was too long for the cover.
(d) The name was a mouthful.

5. What institution did Twain describe the architecture of in Chapter 40?
(a) Hospital.
(b) Educational.
(c) The governor's mention.
(d) Tribunals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Twain's friend not like epidemics?

2. What was the only thing left of Napoleon?

3. Why was Twain disappointed at the end of Chapter 52?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who did Twain write about in Chapter 59?

3. What did a former prison roommate write about in Chapter 52?

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

5. What acquaintance did Twain run into when they went to Saint Louis in Chapter 51?

6. What did Twain write about regarding Baton Rouge in Chapter 40?

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

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. What did Twain remark about cities and towns along the Upper Mississippi in Chapter 58?

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