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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Twain hope to do after returning from his trip around the world?
(a) Give more lectures.
(b) Write a book.
(c) Be promoted.
(d) Create his own magazine.

2. How much money did Twain live on while writing "The Innocents Abroad"?
(a) $36 a week.
(b) $12 a week.
(c) $48 a week.
(d) $24 a week.

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

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

5. What did the author who Twain accidentally copied say is never a crime?
(a) Reusing old text.
(b) Enhancing existing ideas.
(c) Unconscious plagiarism.
(d) Small amounts of copying.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what river did Twain desperately want to travel?

2. Who died in 1907?

3. How does Twain describe his mother?

4. How much was Twain paid as Orion's apprentice?

5. How much was Twain paid for his story about the boy sliding into the party with his pajamas on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Clara do to shield her mother from news of Jean's sickness?

2. What did Webb do when publishing Twain's first book?

3. Who published "Huckleberry Finn," and how successful was it?

4. What did Twain realize while writing "Tom Sawyer"?

5. How was Twain saved from fighting a duel?

6. How did Orion die, and how did Twain feel about this?

7. How did Twain feel about the biography Suzy wrote about him?

8. What was Twain made fun of for when he first went to school?

9. How did Twain's first son die?

10. How did Twain get by after his father died?

(see the answer keys)

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