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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's father die of?
(a) Palsy.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Pleurisy.
(d) Pneumonic plague.

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

3. Whom did Twain accidentally copy in his book about his sailing trip around the world?
(a) Louisa May Alcott.
(b) Oliver Wendell Holmes.
(c) James Faulker.
(d) Edgar Allen Poe.

4. What did phrenologists tell people about?
(a) Their future.
(b) Their personality.
(c) Their past.
(d) Their health.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Twain's older brother?

2. Why was the publishing company nervous about releasing "The Innocents Abroad?"

3. What did Orion buy when he moved back to Hannibal?

4. How did Twain become the star of a hypnotist show?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Twain do during the measles epidemic?

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

3. What happened when Henry would do something bad instead of Twain?

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

5. What did Twain see when he was on assignment in Honolulu?

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

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

8. What does Twain say about Murat Halsted?

9. What happened to the newspaper in San Francisco who told Twain to resign?

10. When did Twain start using his pseudonym?

(see the answer keys)

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