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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 51-52.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the publishing company nervous about releasing "The Innocents Abroad?"
(a) It was non-fiction.
(b) There was no romance.
(c) It was fictional.
(d) It was humorous.

2. Where was Twain when the company started to fail?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Italy.

3. What did Twain's father die of?
(a) Pleurisy.
(b) Palsy.
(c) Pneumonic plague.
(d) Pneumonia.

4. How much was Twain paid as Orion's apprentice?
(a) $350 a year.
(b) $3.50 a week.
(c) $35 a month.
(d) $3.50 a month.

5. What book did Webb publish for Twain?
(a) "The Jumping Frog."
(b) "Sketches of a River Boy."
(c) "The Prince and the Pauper."
(d) "Tom Sawyer."

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did Twain live on while writing "The Innocents Abroad"?

2. How much time passed before Twain saw the man who first refused to publish Twain's first book?.

3. Who ended up paying all the business debts when the company failed?

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

5. What does Twain say Rogers did for him during his business failure?

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