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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-16 | Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Twain once give a man in jail?
(a) A knife.
(b) Matches.
(c) A cigarette.
(d) Some food.

2. Where was Dr. Peake from?
(a) Virginia.
(b) New York.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) North Carolina.

3. What is the name of the boy who came to stay with Twain's family when he was 15?
(a) Bear.
(b) Fox.
(c) Wolf.
(d) Panther.

4. How does Twain describe his mother?
(a) A woman with a heart of gold and a fist of iron.
(b) A woman with a small body and huge heart.
(c) A woman with strict way and a tender heart.
(d) A woman who loved too much to know better.

5. How was Twain recording his autobiography when he died?
(a) He wrote with pencil on scraps of paper.
(b) He wrote with a typewriter.
(c) He wrote with a quill pen.
(d) He dictated to a secretary.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Twain say his publishers could release his ideas on God and religion?

2. Who did Twain trick into seeing a minstrel show?

3. What is the name of the slave that inspired Jim in Huckleberry Finn?

4. How does Twain feel about his ancestry?

5. Of what ailment did a faith doctor cure Twain's mother?

(see the answer key)

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