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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Twain do with his daily dose of pain killer?
(a) Takes it obediently.
(b) Feeds it to the cat.
(c) Gives it to his brother.
(d) Pours it out the window.

2. What did Twain use to endear himself to audiences?
(a) His writing.
(b) His shyness.
(c) His music.
(d) His humor.

3. How was Twain recording his autobiography when he died?
(a) He wrote with a quill pen.
(b) He wrote with pencil on scraps of paper.
(c) He dictated to a secretary.
(d) He wrote with a typewriter.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the person who Twain tricked into seeing a minstrel show react?

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

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

4. Twain's father takes what position at a court house in 1847?

5. Where was Twain sent on assignment while working in Sacramento?

(see the answer key)

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