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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Harte's first name?
(a) Burt.
(b) Bart.
(c) Brad.
(d) Bret.

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

4. What story did Twain use his letters to write when he came home from sailing around the world?
(a) "The Innocents Abroad."
(b) "The Journey of the Naive."
(c) "The Lucky Man's Voyage."
(d) "The Poor Man's Expedition."

5. How did Dr. Newton say he cured Olivia?
(a) He bled her.
(b) He made a special medicine.
(c) He prayed.
(d) Electricity flowed from his body.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Twain want to have happen to the editor who told him to resign?

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

4. Where did Twain go after leaving Nevada?

5. What does Twain say his mother thought of the trouble he caused as a boy?

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