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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 43-45.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was Twain when he had his first crush on a girl?
(a) 10.
(b) 9.
(c) 11.
(d) 12.

3. What kind of people came to the lecture that Fuller set up for Twain?
(a) Lecturers.
(b) Politicians.
(c) School teachers.
(d) Business men.

4. How did Twain feel about the biography Suzy wrote about him?
(a) It was a great compliment.
(b) It was very humorous.
(c) It made him angry.
(d) It made him worry about her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Twain do to trick a phrenologist?

2. Whom did Twain accidentally copy in his book about his sailing trip around the world?

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

4. How old was Orion when he died?

5. What does Twain contrast lecturing with?

(see the answer key)

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