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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money did Twain live on while writing "The Innocents Abroad"?
(a) $36 a week.
(b) $12 a week.
(c) $48 a week.
(d) $24 a week.

2. What did phrenologists tell people about?
(a) Their personality.
(b) Their past.
(c) Their health.
(d) Their future.

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

4. What did Twain notice when he wrote his autobiography in pen?
(a) It took too long for him to write.
(b) He strayed from the facts.
(c) It was too literary.
(d) It was hard to read.

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

6. Where was Twain born?
(a) Florida.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Tennessee.

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

8. What musical display does Twain talk about after his hypnotist description?
(a) "The Negro Musical Show."
(b) "The Coon Tune Show."
(c) "The Rag Time Extravaganza."
(d) "The Slave Jive Show."

9. When did Twain say his publishers could release his ideas on God and religion?
(a) 1886.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1956.
(d) 2006.

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

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

12. What character is Twain supposed to be in his sister's play?
(a) An Indian.
(b) A cougar.
(c) A cowboy.
(d) A bear.

13. Who suggested that Twain should write a book?
(a) Frank Wall.
(b) Ross Weber.
(c) Charles Webb.
(d) Robert Wendall.

14. How long does it take for Twain to find out which girl saw him naked as a boy?
(a) 46 years.
(b) 16 years.
(c) 26 years.
(d) 36 years.

15. How much time passed before Twain saw the man who first refused to publish Twain's first book?.
(a) 19 years.
(b) 21 years.
(c) 23 years.
(d) 25 years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Of what ailment did a faith doctor cure Twain's mother?

3. How does Twain describe his mother?

4. What did Twain use to endear himself to audiences?

5. How does Twain feel about his ancestry?

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