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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 love about the person who died in 1907?
(a) His accent.
(b) His compassion.
(c) His stories.
(d) His honesty.

2. What boat did Twain see while he was on assignment while working in Sacramento?
(a) The Yellow Jacket.
(b) The Hornet.
(c) The Wasp.
(d) The Honeybee.

3. Where did Twain meet the man who died in 1907?
(a) Missouri.
(b) California.
(c) New York.
(d) Tennessee.

4. What story did Twain use his letters to write when he came home from sailing around the world?
(a) "The Innocents Abroad."
(b) "The Lucky Man's Voyage."
(c) "The Poor Man's Expedition."
(d) "The Journey of the Naive."

5. How was Twain recording his autobiography when he died?
(a) He wrote with a typewriter.
(b) He wrote with a quill pen.
(c) He wrote with pencil on scraps of paper.
(d) He dictated to a secretary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Twain once give a man in jail?

2. What did Twain want to have happen to the editor who told him to resign?

3. What kinds of animals are not allowed by Twain's mother?

4. What did Twain decide to do after becoming a local celebrity?

5. Why did Twain resign from the Civil War?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Grant do that showed his human side?

2. What other author did Twain publish a book for, and why?

3. What did Grant say on his deathbed?

4. What did Twain do after he became a local celebrity?

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

6. What did Twain hear a man say at a banquet, and how did he feel about it?

7. Who was Bret Harte?

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

9. From what malady did Webster suffer, and how did this affect his business skills?

10. What superstition did people have about rotting hair, and what did Twain think about it?

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