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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. How old was Twain when he began smoking?

2. What did Twain notice when he wrote his autobiography in pen?

3. What book did Webb publish for Twain?

4. How does Twain describe his mother?

5. What did Twain love about the person who died in 1907?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Twain's pet peeves?

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

3. What happened when Twain tried to help a man in the jail?

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

5. How did Twain get people to come to his first lecture?

6. What happened when the town clerk invested in the telephone?

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

8. How do we know that not everything in this book is true?

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

10. What mistake did Twain make when printing his book "The Innocents Abroad," and what was the result of that mistake?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Love is a very important theme and motivating factor in this book. Which characters are most affected by this theme? Which relationships are the most significant to the plot and why?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

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