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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20-21 | Chapters 22-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Twain on his first day of school?
(a) He is teased.
(b) He is put ahead a few classes.
(c) He is sent home.
(d) He is whipped.

2. How did Higbie get a job?
(a) He put in an application under Twain's name.
(b) He let the employers bid on him.
(c) He volunteered his labor at first.
(d) He paid a man to watch him work for a day.

3. What did Twain like most about Higbie?
(a) His sense of humor.
(b) His poor spelling.
(c) His strange accent.
(d) His thick beard.

4. What does Twain say his mother thought of the trouble he caused as a boy?
(a) She expected it.
(b) She hated it.
(c) She was confused by it.
(d) She liked it.

5. What is the name of the slave that inspired Jim in Huckleberry Finn?
(a) Father David.
(b) Uncle Daniel.
(c) Brother Dan.
(d) Preacher Dave.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Twain when he had his first crush on a girl?

2. Where did Twain's older brother work?

3. What did Twain once give a man in jail?

4. How old was Twain when he met the hypnotist?

5. How did Henry die?

(see the answer key)

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