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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Suzy's sister's name?
(a) Claudia.
(b) Claire.
(c) Clara.
(d) Coleen.

2. Why was Twain so derisive in his speech about Bret Harte?
(a) Brett swindled Twain out of money.
(b) Bret was a plagiarizer.
(c) Bret was rude to Twain.
(d) Bret abandoned his family.

3. Why did Twain resign from the Civil War?
(a) Fatigue from retreating.
(b) He wanted to join the Union.
(c) A shoulder wound.
(d) His mother fell ill.

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

5. What kind of epidemic spread through the town when Twain was 10?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Polio.
(c) Measles.
(d) Typhoid.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Twain become the star of a hypnotist show?

2. Of what ailment did a faith doctor cure Twain's mother?

3. How did Harte survive financially at the end of his life?

4. What does Twain do with his daily dose of pain killer?

5. What was the name of Twain's older brother?

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