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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Twain decide to keep a secret from his family?

2. What does Twain contrast lecturing with?

3. What does Twain say he never had to work at in his life?

4. In what did Twain try to invest?

5. How much money had Grant's book made before he died?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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