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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which writer did Twain say he met and talked with a number of times?
(a) Robert Louis Stevenson.
(b) Edgar Allen Poe.
(c) Roald Dahl.
(d) Herman Melville.

2. What did Twain say was America's public philosophy?
(a) "We Are Entitled to it All."
(b) "Hard Work Achieves More."
(c) "We Take What We Want."
(d) "In God We Trust."

3. What did Fuller want Twain to lecture about?
(a) His publishing experiences.
(b) His early life.
(c) His religious beliefs.
(d) The Hornet.

4. What did Suzy do as a child that entertained her parents?
(a) Read the Bible.
(b) Sing songs.
(c) Draw pictures.
(d) Misuse big words.

5. What did Clara do when Jean fell ill?
(a) Cared for both her sister and her mother.
(b) Lied to her mother about it.
(c) Broke the news to her mother.
(d) Kept her sister from seeing her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Suzy's sister's name?

2. What was Twain's publishing company called?

3. What did Jean die from?

4. What illness did Webster suffer from?

5. What other author did Twain publish a book for?

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