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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. Where did Twain go after leaving Nevada?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) New York.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Denver.

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

3. How much money did Twain find on the road before his trip to Cincinnati?
(a) $10.
(b) $50.
(c) $100.
(d) $5.

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

5. In what court did Twain's father take a position in 1847?
(a) Surrogate Court.
(b) Appellate Court.
(c) Appeals Court.
(d) Supreme Court.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where outside of California did Twain give lectures?

2. How much time passed before Twain saw the man who first refused to publish Twain's first book?.

3. Where did Twain meet the man who died in 1907?

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

5. How does Twain describe his older brother?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Twain find is peculiar that people prefer good bowling alleys to bad ones?

4. What did Twain think of Rudyard Kipling?

5. What did Twain say was his cure for dysentery?

6. What are Twain's pet peeves?

7. When did Twain start using his pseudonym?

8. What did Twain say showed his intense vanity?

9. What happened to Olivia when she was 16, and how was she cured?

10. How would Orion spend most of his days?

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