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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did phrenologists tell people about?
(a) Their personality.
(b) Their health.
(c) Their future.
(d) Their past.
2. Where was Dr. Peake from?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) New York.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Virginia.
3. To what does Twain compare writing his autobiography?
(a) Painting a picture.
(b) Walking through memories.
(c) Keeping a journal.
(d) Writing love letters.
4. How long does it take for Twain to find out which girl saw him naked as a boy?
(a) 26 years.
(b) 46 years.
(c) 36 years.
(d) 16 years.
5. What did Twain notice when he wrote his autobiography in pen?
(a) It was hard to read.
(b) It took too long for him to write.
(c) It was too literary.
(d) He strayed from the facts.
6. When did Twain say his publishers could release his ideas on God and religion?
(a) 1886.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1956.
(d) 2006.
7. What kinds of animals are not allowed by Twain's mother?
(a) Wild.
(b) Caged.
(c) Rabid.
(d) Wounded.
8. How does Twain describe his uncle's farm?
(a) Heavenly.
(b) Open.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Remarkable.
9. What does Twain think could have happened if the person who died in 1907 had some education?
(a) He could have delivered great sermons.
(b) He could have been a famous writer.
(c) He could have been a successful business man.
(d) He could have taught at colleges.
10. What kind of epidemic spread through the town when Twain was 10?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Measles.
(c) Consumption.
(d) Polio.
11. What musical display does Twain talk about after his hypnotist description?
(a) "The Coon Tune Show."
(b) "The Negro Musical Show."
(c) "The Slave Jive Show."
(d) "The Rag Time Extravaganza."
12. Which of Twain's famous characters was inspired by Tom Blankenship?
(a) Huckleberry Finn.
(b) Injun Joe.
(c) Tom Sawyer.
(d) The Pauper.
13. How does Twain describe his older brother?
(a) The most happy and alarmed man.
(b) The most miserable and hopeful man.
(c) The most revered and deranged man.
(d) The most confused and innocent man.
14. How does Twain hope to write?
(a) Truly.
(b) Freely.
(c) Beautifully.
(d) Inspiringly.
15. What was Harte's occupation?
(a) Miner.
(b) Writer.
(c) Legislator.
(d) Editor.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Higbie get a job?
2. What does Twain do with his daily dose of pain killer?
3. What did Orion buy when he moved back to Hannibal?
4. Of what ailment did a faith doctor cure Twain's mother?
5. Who suggested that Twain should write a book?
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