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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-16 | Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Twain born?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Florida.

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

3. When does Twain want his book to be published?
(a) After his death.
(b) In ten year editions.
(c) When his wife dies.
(d) When his last living child dies.

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

5. What kinds of animals are not allowed by Twain's mother?
(a) Rabid.
(b) Wounded.
(c) Caged.
(d) Wild.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Twain not get very close to his older siblings?

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

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

4. What does Twain say his mother thought of the trouble he caused as a boy?

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

(see the answer key)

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