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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 does Twain say the trade of writing requires before one can be a professional?
(a) Schooling.
(b) Trial and error.
(c) Tutoring from an established author.
(d) A time of apprenticeship.

2. How does Twain describe his uncle's farm?
(a) Remarkable.
(b) Peaceful.
(c) Open.
(d) Heavenly.

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

4. What does Twain say he never had to work at in his life?
(a) Being funny.
(b) Finding gratitude.
(c) Believing in God.
(d) Writing a book.

5. How much money had Grant's book made before he died?
(a) $500,000.
(b) $200,000.
(c) $50,000.
(d) $20,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Twain when he began smoking?

2. How does Twain describe his wife?

3. What is the name of the first publisher to turn Twain's first book down?

4. Why did the minister travel anonymously?

5. How much was Twain paid for his story about the boy sliding into the party with his pajamas on?

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