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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money did Twain find on the road before his trip to Cincinnati?
(a) $100.
(b) $10.
(c) $5.
(d) $50.

2. What did phrenologists tell people about?
(a) Their health.
(b) Their personality.
(c) Their past.
(d) Their future.

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

4. How does Twain describe his older brother?
(a) The most revered and deranged man.
(b) The most happy and alarmed man.
(c) The most miserable and hopeful man.
(d) The most confused and innocent man.

5. Why does Twain think the family of the person who died in 1907 never saw how brilliant he was?
(a) They were jealous of him.
(b) They were not around him enough.
(c) They were not educated.
(d) They were too close to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what ailment did a faith doctor cure Twain's mother?

2. How did Higbie get a job?

3. What did Twain love about the person who died in 1907?

4. What happens to Twain on his first day of school?

5. What is Twain's opinion of himself?

(see the answer key)

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