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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of epidemic spread through the town when Twain was 10?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Polio.
(c) Measles.
(d) Typhoid.

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

3. What is the name of the slave that inspired Jim in Huckleberry Finn?
(a) Uncle Daniel.
(b) Preacher Dave.
(c) Father David.
(d) Brother Dan.

4. Where was Twain sent on assignment while working in Sacramento?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Honolulu.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) New York.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did Twain find on the road before his trip to Cincinnati?

2. How was Twain recording his autobiography when he died?

3. Where would the lectures each make their premier?

4. What did Twain's father die of?

5. How much was Twain paid for his weekly letters while sailing around the world?

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