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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 59-62.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much time passed before Twain saw the man who first refused to publish Twain's first book?.
(a) 23 years.
(b) 21 years.
(c) 19 years.
(d) 25 years.

2. What did Twain want to have happen to the editor who told him to resign?
(a) God to punish him.
(b) To have his paper go out of business.
(c) To have one of his stories turned down.
(d) To watch Twain become rich and famous.

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

4. What was Murat Hallsted's occupation?
(a) Lecturer.
(b) Writer.
(c) Publisher.
(d) Editor.

5. How old was Twain when he began smoking?
(a) 15.
(b) 11.
(c) 9.
(d) 13.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the slave that inspired Jim in Huckleberry Finn?

2. Where outside of California did Twain give lectures?

3. What does Twain think a writer should own for all time?

4. Who died in 1907?

5. What was the name of the newspaper Twain wrote for in Nevada?

(see the answer key)

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