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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the person who Twain tricked into seeing a minstrel show react?
(a) He was confused.
(b) He was very angry.
(c) She laughed.
(d) She cried.

2. What did Twain see some Irish boys doing one night after he left Nevada?
(a) Killing a dog.
(b) Giving alcohol to a baby.
(c) Stoning a Chinese man.
(d) Harassing a policeman.

3. How much was Twain paid as Orion's apprentice?
(a) $35 a month.
(b) $3.50 a month.
(c) $3.50 a week.
(d) $350 a year.

4. What did Twain's father die of?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Pleurisy.
(c) Palsy.
(d) Pneumonic plague.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of epidemic spread through the town when Twain was 10?

2. Who did Twain trick into seeing a minstrel show?

3. How does Twain describe his uncle's farm?

4. How old is Twain's mother when she dies?

5. How did Twain study the human race?

(see the answer key)

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