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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who found Jean's body?
(a) Clara.
(b) John.
(c) The housekeeper.
(d) Twain.

2. Which writer did Twain say he met and talked with a number of times?
(a) Roald Dahl.
(b) Robert Louis Stevenson.
(c) Edgar Allen Poe.
(d) Herman Melville.

3. What did Olivia die from?
(a) It is unclear.
(b) A stroke.
(c) Typhoid.
(d) Pneumonia.

4. What caused Suzy a lot of grief?
(a) Her weakness.
(b) Her humor.
(c) Her intelligence.
(d) Her temper.

5. Why did the minister travel anonymously?
(a) To escape judgment.
(b) To have a real vacation.
(c) To keep his sins hidden.
(d) To have more enjoyment.

6. What did Twain love most about Webster?
(a) His humor.
(b) His honesty.
(c) His intelligence.
(d) His confidence.

7. Where did Olivia die?
(a) Italy.
(b) England.
(c) Belgium.
(d) France.

8. What illness did Webster suffer from?
(a) Depression.
(b) Ulcers.
(c) Migraines.
(d) Epilepsy.

9. Who did Twain see in person that made him very happy?
(a) Charles Dickens.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) Nathaniel Hawthorne.
(d) James Faulkner.

10. Where was Twain when Suzy fell ill?
(a) France.
(b) London.
(c) Italy.
(d) England.

11. What was Twain doing when Suzy fell ill?
(a) Interviewing.
(b) Lecturing.
(c) Traveling.
(d) Writing.

12. How old was Suzy when she began to write about her father?
(a) 14.
(b) 13.
(c) 16.
(d) 15.

13. Where would the lectures each make their premier?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York.

14. How does Twain describe his wife?
(a) She was both calm and passionate.
(b) She was both a girl and a woman.
(c) She was both strict and compassionate.
(d) She was both innocent and worldly.

15. Who did Twain ask to put his last entry into his autobiography?
(a) His son.
(b) His secretary.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His partner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Olivia do the first time she heard Twain swear?

2. What did Suzy die of?

3. Why does Twain think Aldrich's widow is opening a memorial in his honor?

4. Why was Suzy's vocabulary so extensive?

5. What did Fuller want Twain to lecture about?

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