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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. What did Twain describe in Chapter 58?
(a) Ports on the Mississippi.
(b) The new type of fuels used in steamboats.
(c) The lower Mississippi.
(d) The Upper Mississippi.

2. Why was Twain delighted concerning Bixby in Chapter 48?
(a) He finds him aged..
(b) He finds him in a wheelchair
(c) He finds him exactly the same.
(d) He finds him without a job.

3. Why did Twain think the New Orleans graveyard to be dangerous?
(a) Because of the chemicals the dead bodies emitted.
(b) Because of grave robbers.
(c) Because of alligators.
(d) Because of open graves.

4. Why did the man with the same pseudonym hate Twain?
(a) Twain mocked him.
(b) Twain tried to force an apology from him.
(c) Twain stole his name.
(d) Twain tried to steal his fame.

5. Who did Twain take the name Mark Twain from, according to Chapter 50?
(a) Captain Stephen.
(b) Captain Marks.
(c) Captain Roberts.
(d) Captain Sellers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Napoleon?

2. What manufacturing city did Twain describe in Chapter 39?

3. What cards did the gambler get in Chapter 36?

4. What did Twain compare steamboats to in Chapter 38?

5. What battlefield did Twain describe in Chapter 34?

Short Essay Questions

1. What characteristics did Uncle Remus have based on Chapter 47?

2. What three Southern occupations did Twain describe in Chapter 45 and what was Twain's opinion on each?

3. Who was Ritter and what did he do in Chapter 31?

4. What did Twain remark about cities and towns along the Upper Mississippi in Chapter 58?

5. What happened to The Gold Dust in Chapter 37?

6. What did Twain say about his encounter with a friend who was an undertaker according to Chapter 43?

7. Where did Twain return in Chapter 60?

8. What did Twain doubt in Chapter 48?

9. Who and what did Twain write about Mardi Gras in Chapter 45?

10. What anecdote did a professor tell to Twain Chapter 36?

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