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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Twain say people in Chapter 44 were using in place of "gone"?

2. What was Twain considered to be in his home town, according to Chapter 53?

3. What did the manufacturing city in Chapter 39 produce?

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

5. What happened to Twain's friend's wife and child?

Short Essay Questions

1. What anecdote did a professor tell to Twain Chapter 36?

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

3. What improvement did Twain say improved in New Orleans in Chapter 41?

4. What did Twain say about his encounter with a friend who was an undertaker according to Chapter 43?

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

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

7. Who and what did Twain write about Mardi Gras in Chapter 45?

8. What did Twain doubt in Chapter 48?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the role of Ritter in Twain's life and his reasons for providing money to the first man's child.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the genre of a memoir and write about what it means to write in this genre, including benefits and drawbacks.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the explosion of the Pennsylvania and other steamboats and examine common causes.

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