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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. How did Harte survive financially at the end of his life?
(a) He borrowed money.
(b) He married a rich widow.
(c) His father left an inheritance.
(d) He stole money from friends.

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

3. To what does Twain compare writing his autobiography?
(a) Writing love letters.
(b) Walking through memories.
(c) Keeping a journal.
(d) Painting a picture.

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

5. What kind of epidemic spread through the town when Twain was 10?
(a) Measles.
(b) Polio.
(c) Consumption.
(d) Typhoid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What made Twain a local celebrity?

2. What did Twain's father die of?

3. What is Twain's opinion of himself?

4. What is the name of the boy who came to stay with Twain's family when he was 15?

5. What did Twain hope to do after returning from his trip around the world?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Twain's first son die?

2. Why was Twain not as popular as he hoped to be when he came back from his sailing journey?

3. What did Twain do during the measles epidemic?

4. What did Suzy's family do when they heard she was sick?

5. What happened when Twain tried to help a man in the jail?

6. What happened when the town clerk invested in the telephone?

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

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

9. What did an innkeeper do that greatly amused Twain?

10. What happened when Twain took his mother to a minstrel show?

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