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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much was Twain paid for his weekly letters while sailing around the world?
(a) $20 per paragraph.
(b) $20 per word.
(c) $20 per sentence.
(d) $20 per letter.

2. What book did Webb publish for Twain?
(a) "The Prince and the Pauper."
(b) "The Jumping Frog."
(c) "Sketches of a River Boy."
(d) "Tom Sawyer."

3. What is the name of the slave that inspired Jim in Huckleberry Finn?
(a) Brother Dan.
(b) Uncle Daniel.
(c) Father David.
(d) Preacher Dave.

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

5. Where did Twain meet the man who died in 1907?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) California.
(d) New York.

6. How did Harte survive financially at the end of his life?
(a) He married a rich widow.
(b) He stole money from friends.
(c) He borrowed money.
(d) His father left an inheritance.

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

8. Which of the following is NOT a game in which Twain escaped a trap set for him?
(a) Cards.
(b) Bowling.
(c) Billiards.
(d) Darts.

9. How did Twain study the human race?
(a) He read old journals.
(b) He watched people.
(c) He studied himself.
(d) He read psychology text books.

10. What kind of epidemic spread through the town when Twain was 10?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Consumption.
(c) Measles.
(d) Polio.

11. What does Twain say his intimates rarely see in him?
(a) His kindness.
(b) His spirituality.
(c) His insecurity.
(d) His genius.

12. What did Twain's father die of?
(a) Pneumonic plague.
(b) Pleurisy.
(c) Palsy.
(d) Pneumonia.

13. Why does Twain not get very close to his older siblings?
(a) They move away.
(b) They do not live long enough.
(c) They are much older than he is.
(d) They do not like the dirty games he played.

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

15. Why does Twain think the family of the person who died in 1907 never saw how brilliant he was?
(a) They were not educated.
(b) They were too close to him.
(c) They were jealous of him.
(d) They were not around him enough.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Twain do with his daily dose of pain killer?

2. Where does Twain's father buy up a lot of land before he dies?

3. How many days had the people survived on the boat that Twain saw while on assignment?

4. What did Twain like most about Higbie?

5. Twain's father takes what position at a court house in 1847?

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