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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 35-37.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Twain describe his wife?
(a) She was both strict and compassionate.
(b) She was both innocent and worldly.
(c) She was both a girl and a woman.
(d) She was both calm and passionate.

2. Where did Twain's older brother work?
(a) An editor.
(b) A newspaper office.
(c) A printing press.
(d) A publisher.

3. How did Harte survive financially at the end of his life?
(a) He borrowed money.
(b) He stole money from friends.
(c) He married a rich widow.
(d) His father left an inheritance.

4. What kind of epidemic spread through the town when Twain was 10?
(a) Measles.
(b) Consumption.
(c) Polio.
(d) Typhoid.

5. What was the name of Twain's older brother?
(a) Orlan.
(b) Orion.
(c) Orrin.
(d) Orville.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Twain once give a man in jail?

2. How does Twain describe his older brother?

3. Where did Twain go after leaving Nevada?

4. What does Twain do with his daily dose of pain killer?

5. How much was Twain paid for his weekly letters while sailing around the world?

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