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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 53-58.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Twain like most about Higbie?
(a) His poor spelling.
(b) His strange accent.
(c) His sense of humor.
(d) His thick beard.

2. In what did the store clerk invest his life savings?
(a) The telephone.
(b) The steam engine.
(c) The car.
(d) The cash register.

3. What happens to Twain on his first day of school?
(a) He is put ahead a few classes.
(b) He is sent home.
(c) He is whipped.
(d) He is teased.

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

5. What did Suzy do as a child that entertained her parents?
(a) Misuse big words.
(b) Read the Bible.
(c) Draw pictures.
(d) Sing songs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Olivia do the first time she heard Twain swear?

2. What does Twain say he has always had a talent for?

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

4. Why was Suzy's vocabulary so extensive?

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

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