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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Twain feel about his ancestry?
(a) Embarrassed.
(b) Confused.
(c) Vain.
(d) Amused.

2. What did Twain like most about Higbie?
(a) His sense of humor.
(b) His poor spelling.
(c) His strange accent.
(d) His thick beard.

3. What was the name of the newspaper Twain wrote for in Nevada?
(a) The Enterprise.
(b) The Freedom Post.
(c) The Free Bird Exam.
(d) The Entrepreneur.

4. What did Twain decide to do after becoming a local celebrity?
(a) Take photographs.
(b) Give lectures.
(c) Teach seminars.
(d) Write a book.

5. What happens to Twain on his first day of school?
(a) He is put ahead a few classes.
(b) He is teased.
(c) He is whipped.
(d) He is sent home.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Harte survive financially at the end of his life?

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

3. Why does Twain think the family of the person who died in 1907 never saw how brilliant he was?

4. How old is Twain's mother when she dies?

5. How did Twain study the human race?

(see the answer key)

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