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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Twain's opinion of himself?
(a) Outstanding.
(b) He is very conceited.
(c) He finds himself amusing.
(d) Not complimentary.

2. What does Twain say his mother thought of the trouble he caused as a boy?
(a) She was confused by it.
(b) She hated it.
(c) She liked it.
(d) She expected it.

3. What did Twain once give a man in jail?
(a) Matches.
(b) Some food.
(c) A knife.
(d) A cigarette.

4. Which of Twain's famous characters was inspired by Tom Blankenship?
(a) The Pauper.
(b) Tom Sawyer.
(c) Injun Joe.
(d) Huckleberry Finn.

5. How old was Twain when he first went to school?
(a) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

6. How was Twain recording his autobiography when he died?
(a) He wrote with a typewriter.
(b) He dictated to a secretary.
(c) He wrote with a quill pen.
(d) He wrote with pencil on scraps of paper.

7. What was Harte's first name?
(a) Bart.
(b) Brad.
(c) Bret.
(d) Burt.

8. How many days had the people survived on the boat that Twain saw while on assignment?
(a) 13.
(b) 33.
(c) 23.
(d) 43.

9. How does Twain hope to write?
(a) Beautifully.
(b) Freely.
(c) Inspiringly.
(d) Truly.

10. Where does Twain's father buy up a lot of land before he dies?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Florida.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Montana.

11. What boat did Twain see while he was on assignment while working in Sacramento?
(a) The Honeybee.
(b) The Wasp.
(c) The Hornet.
(d) The Yellow Jacket.

12. Where outside of California did Twain give lectures?
(a) Oregon.
(b) Washington.
(c) Nevada.
(d) Arizona.

13. Where was Dr. Peake from?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) New York.

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

15. How did Henry die?
(a) Boiler explosion.
(b) Caught yellow fever.
(c) Drowned in the river.
(d) Was shot in the back.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Twain hope to do after returning from his trip around the world?

2. What did Twain notice when he wrote his autobiography in pen?

3. Why does Twain think the family of the person who died in 1907 never saw how brilliant he was?

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

5. What was the name of Twain's older brother?

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