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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 old was Twain when he met the hypnotist?
(a) 15.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 17.

2. How did Harte survive financially at the end of his life?
(a) His father left an inheritance.
(b) He borrowed money.
(c) He married a rich widow.
(d) He stole money from friends.

3. What does Twain bring home from caves as a young boy?
(a) Mud.
(b) Cave spiders.
(c) Bats.
(d) Stalactites.

4. What was Harte's occupation?
(a) Legislator.
(b) Writer.
(c) Miner.
(d) Editor.

5. What major book did Twain stall in the middle of writing?
(a) "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court."
(b) "The Prince and the Pauper."
(c) "Tom Sawyer."
(d) "1601."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was Dr. Peake from?

3. How did Suzy describe her father's language?

4. How much time passed before Twain saw the man who first refused to publish Twain's first book?.

5. In what did the store clerk invest his life savings?

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