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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Twain's mother when she dies?
(a) 99.
(b) 79.
(c) 89.
(d) 69.

2. Where does Twain's father buy up a lot of land before he dies?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Montana.
(d) Florida.

3. How many days had the people survived on the boat that Twain saw while on assignment?
(a) 33.
(b) 13.
(c) 23.
(d) 43.

4. What does Twain think about people?
(a) They are all different.
(b) They are all greedy.
(c) They are all generally good.
(d) They are mostly the same.

5. What boat did Twain see while he was on assignment while working in Sacramento?
(a) The Honeybee.
(b) The Wasp.
(c) The Hornet.
(d) The Yellow Jacket.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Twain when he began smoking?

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

3. On what river did Twain desperately want to travel?

4. Where did Twain meet the man who died in 1907?

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

(see the answer key)

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