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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 made Twain a local celebrity?
(a) His local humor column.
(b) His interview with the President.
(c) His literary guide.
(d) His coverage of the boat survivors.

2. What is the name of the most famous phrenologist?
(a) Frazier.
(b) Fraler.
(c) Fawley.
(d) Fowler.

3. 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 let the employers bid on him.
(d) He volunteered his labor at first.

4. How did the person who Twain tricked into seeing a minstrel show react?
(a) She cried.
(b) She laughed.
(c) He was very angry.
(d) He was confused.

5. Why did the minister travel anonymously?
(a) To escape judgment.
(b) To have more enjoyment.
(c) To keep his sins hidden.
(d) To have a real vacation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Twain's publishing company called?

2. How long does it take for Twain to find out which girl saw him naked as a boy?

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

4. How much was Twain paid as Orion's apprentice?

5. To what does Twain compare writing his autobiography?

(see the answer key)

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