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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money had Grant's book made before he died?
(a) $200,000.
(b) $20,000.
(c) $500,000.
(d) $50,000.

2. What did Twain say he was hours after his wife died?
(a) A pauper.
(b) A rich man.
(c) A beggar.
(d) An heir.

3. How did Twain learn that Grant was human?
(a) When he admitted his fear of heights.
(b) When he got sick and almost died.
(c) When he got offended by being ignored by Twain.
(d) When his book portrayed his weakness.

4. What did Jean die from?
(a) Cholera.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Dysentery.

5. Why was Twain so derisive in his speech about Bret Harte?
(a) Bret abandoned his family.
(b) Brett swindled Twain out of money.
(c) Bret was a plagiarizer.
(d) Bret was rude to Twain.

6. In what did the store clerk invest his life savings?
(a) The telephone.
(b) The car.
(c) The steam engine.
(d) The cash register.

7. What kind of people came to the lecture that Fuller set up for Twain?
(a) Lecturers.
(b) School teachers.
(c) Business men.
(d) Politicians.

8. What other author did Twain publish a book for?
(a) Charles Dickens.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Dolly Madison.
(d) Ulysses S. Grant.

9. How did Dr. Newton say he cured Olivia?
(a) He prayed.
(b) He bled her.
(c) He made a special medicine.
(d) Electricity flowed from his body.

10. What did Clara do when Jean fell ill?
(a) Cared for both her sister and her mother.
(b) Broke the news to her mother.
(c) Lied to her mother about it.
(d) Kept her sister from seeing her mother.

11. What was the name of the memorial Twain was asked to help open?
(a) Thomas Bernard Aldrich Memoriam.
(b) Thomas Bailey Aldrich Memorial Museum.
(c) Timothy Bernard Aldrich Memorial Park.
(d) Timothy Bailey Aldrich Memorial Gardens.

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

13. How did Twain say he felt when Jean died?
(a) Like a vise had crushed his heart.
(b) Like his heart had been cut out of his chest.
(c) Like his heart had exploded.
(d) Like a bullet crashed through his heart.

14. How are Twain and Webster related?
(a) They are cousins.
(b) Webster is Twain's grandson.
(c) Webster is Twain's nephew.
(d) Twain is Webster's brother-in-law.

15. How did Twain find out that Suzy was ill?
(a) A telephone call.
(b) A letter.
(c) A newspaper article.
(d) A telegram.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Suzy die of?

2. Who did Twain see in person that made him very happy?

3. What was Twain amazed by when he met Rudyard Kipling?

4. What did Suzy do as a child that entertained her parents?

5. What happened to Olivia when she was 16?

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