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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Suzy die of?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Meningitis.
(d) Pneumonia.

2. What did Twain say always cured his wife of dysentery?
(a) Pears.
(b) Watermelon.
(c) Lemons.
(d) Apples.

3. What was the name of the lecture tour?
(a) The Lysotstrata.
(b) The Lyceum.
(c) The Lantrium.
(d) The Lancium.

4. In what did Twain try to invest?
(a) Poetry books.
(b) Patents.
(c) Inventions.
(d) Stock markets.

5. What was Suzy's sister's name?
(a) Coleen.
(b) Claire.
(c) Clara.
(d) Claudia.

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

7. What did Fuller want Twain to lecture about?
(a) His early life.
(b) The Hornet.
(c) His publishing experiences.
(d) His religious beliefs.

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

9. What was Twain's publishing company called?
(a) Clemens and Webster.
(b) Webster and Company.
(c) Webster and Twain.
(d) Twain and Company.

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

11. What did people in Twain's time think rotted the hair?
(a) Sunlight.
(b) Oil.
(c) Soap.
(d) Water.

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

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

14. How much was Twain's first royalty check for Huckleberry Finn?
(a) $24,000.
(b) $44,000.
(c) $34,000.
(d) $54,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Twain when the company started to fail?

2. Why did the minister travel anonymously?

3. What word does Twain use to describe Harte?

4. How did the people at the banquet react to the man's statement about Anglo Saxons?

5. Who found Jean's body?

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