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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who died in 1907?
(a) Injun Joe.
(b) Jim Gillis.
(c) Bret Harte.
(d) Orion.
2. What was the name of the newspaper Twain wrote for in Nevada?
(a) The Freedom Post.
(b) The Entrepreneur.
(c) The Free Bird Exam.
(d) The Enterprise.
3. What made Twain a local celebrity?
(a) His coverage of the boat survivors.
(b) His interview with the President.
(c) His literary guide.
(d) His local humor column.
4. What character is Twain supposed to be in his sister's play?
(a) An Indian.
(b) A cowboy.
(c) A cougar.
(d) A bear.
5. What did Twain do to trick a phrenologist?
(a) Lied about his age.
(b) Paid extra money.
(c) Changed the color of his hair.
(d) Gave a fake name.
6. Which of Twain's famous characters was inspired by Tom Blankenship?
(a) Injun Joe.
(b) Tom Sawyer.
(c) The Pauper.
(d) Huckleberry Finn.
7. What does Twain say protected him from his gullible nature?
(a) God's intervention.
(b) Good friends.
(c) Whisperings in his ear.
(d) Beginner's luck.
8. How did Henry die?
(a) Was shot in the back.
(b) Caught yellow fever.
(c) Boiler explosion.
(d) Drowned in the river.
9. How much was Twain paid for his story about the boy sliding into the party with his pajamas on?
(a) $50.
(b) $100.
(c) $75.
(d) $25.
10. What happens to Twain on his first day of school?
(a) He is put ahead a few classes.
(b) He is whipped.
(c) He is sent home.
(d) He is teased.
11. How much time passed before Twain saw the man who first refused to publish Twain's first book?.
(a) 19 years.
(b) 21 years.
(c) 23 years.
(d) 25 years.
12. How does Twain describe his older brother?
(a) The most miserable and hopeful man.
(b) The most confused and innocent man.
(c) The most revered and deranged man.
(d) The most happy and alarmed man.
13. What kind of epidemic spread through the town when Twain was 10?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Consumption.
(c) Measles.
(d) Polio.
14. What was Harte's first name?
(a) Burt.
(b) Brad.
(c) Bart.
(d) Bret.
15. How did the person who Twain tricked into seeing a minstrel show react?
(a) He was confused.
(b) He was very angry.
(c) She laughed.
(d) She cried.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what court did Twain's father take a position in 1847?
2. What did Twain see some Irish boys doing one night after he left Nevada?
3. Which of the following is NOT a game in which Twain escaped a trap set for him?
4. How old is Twain's mother when she dies?
5. What kinds of animals are not allowed by Twain's mother?
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