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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Twain when he met the hypnotist?
(a) 16.
(b) 15.
(c) 18.
(d) 17.

2. When does Twain want his book to be published?
(a) After his death.
(b) In ten year editions.
(c) When his wife dies.
(d) When his last living child dies.

3. How old was Twain when he began smoking?
(a) 9.
(b) 11.
(c) 15.
(d) 13.

4. Whom did Twain accidentally copy in his book about his sailing trip around the world?
(a) Edgar Allen Poe.
(b) James Faulker.
(c) Oliver Wendell Holmes.
(d) Louisa May Alcott.

5. Where did Twain go after leaving Nevada?
(a) New York.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Denver.
(d) Chicago.

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

7. What does Twain say protected him from his gullible nature?
(a) Beginner's luck.
(b) Good friends.
(c) Whisperings in his ear.
(d) God's intervention.

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

9. What does Twain think about people?
(a) They are all different.
(b) They are all generally good.
(c) They are mostly the same.
(d) They are all greedy.

10. What does Twain think could have happened if the person who died in 1907 had some education?
(a) He could have been a successful business man.
(b) He could have delivered great sermons.
(c) He could have been a famous writer.
(d) He could have taught at colleges.

11. How does Twain feel about his ancestry?
(a) Embarrassed.
(b) Vain.
(c) Amused.
(d) Confused.

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

13. How much was Twain paid for his story about the boy sliding into the party with his pajamas on?
(a) $75.
(b) $25.
(c) $50.
(d) $100.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of animals are not allowed by Twain's mother?

2. What did Twain do to trick a phrenologist?

3. What was Harte's first name?

4. Which of Twain's famous characters was inspired by Tom Blankenship?

5. How does Twain describe his uncle's farm?

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