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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 outside of California did Twain give lectures?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Nevada.
(c) Oregon.
(d) Washington.

2. When did Twain say his publishers could release his ideas on God and religion?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1886.
(d) 2006.

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

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

5. How old is Twain's mother when she dies?
(a) 89.
(b) 99.
(c) 79.
(d) 69.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Twain resign from the Civil War?

2. Where does Twain's father buy up a lot of land before he dies?

3. What did Twain do to trick a phrenologist?

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

5. How much was Twain paid for his weekly letters while sailing around the world?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How was Twain saved from fighting a duel?

8. What did Twain do during the measles epidemic?

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

10. What did Twain do with the money he found on the street?

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