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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Twain go after leaving Nevada?

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

3. In what court did Twain's father take a position in 1847?

4. What happens to Twain on his first day of school?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Bret Harte?

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

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

4. How did Twain's mother feel about slavery?

5. What sad news did Twain get in 1907?

6. How did Twain's first son die?

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

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

9. What did Twain say showed his intense vanity?

10. What did Clara do to shield her mother from news of Jean's sickness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are many different symbols present in this book. What are these symbols, and how did their presence alter the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Courage and fear are two attributes that are seen a number of times in this book. Where do they appear, and how does the presence of these feelings change the characters who were involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

Twain and his father are both very dynamic leaders and father figures in this book. What are the differences in the two styles of leadership, and how do these differences affect their characters, their family, and their role in the plot?

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