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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Olivia do the first time she heard Twain swear?
(a) Slapped him.
(b) Repeated the word.
(c) Blushed and cried.
(d) Fainted.

2. What did Suzy die of?
(a) Cholera.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Meningitis.
(d) Consumption.

3. What word does Twain use to describe Harte?
(a) Wanker.
(b) Womanizer.
(c) Boozer.
(d) Doser.

4. What does Twain say Rogers did for him during his business failure?
(a) Taught him.
(b) Rescued him.
(c) Comforted him.
(d) Forgave him.

5. What did Clara do when Jean fell ill?
(a) Cared for both her sister and her mother.
(b) Lied to her mother about it.
(c) Kept her sister from seeing her mother.
(d) Broke the news to her mother.

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

7. How did Suzy punish herself for hitting her sister?
(a) She skipped dinner.
(b) She missed a hayride.
(c) She let her sister hit her back.
(d) She gave her sister her favorite doll.

8. What illness did Webster suffer from?
(a) Migraines.
(b) Ulcers.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Depression.

9. What did Twain think of the man who talked about Anglo Saxons at a banquet?
(a) He was terrifying.
(b) He was amusing.
(c) He was arrogant.
(d) He was mistaken.

10. Which writer did Twain say he met and talked with a number of times?
(a) Robert Louis Stevenson.
(b) Herman Melville.
(c) Roald Dahl.
(d) Edgar Allen Poe.

11. How many people came to the lecture Fuller set up for Twain?
(a) 2500.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1500.
(d) 1000.

12. How old was Twain when he died?
(a) 75.
(b) 65.
(c) 85.
(d) 95.

13. Why was Twain so derisive in his speech about Bret Harte?
(a) Bret was rude to Twain.
(b) Bret was a plagiarizer.
(c) Brett swindled Twain out of money.
(d) Bret abandoned his family.

14. How long does Twain say he will take to write a book?
(a) As long as he enjoys the story.
(b) As long as the book writes itself.
(c) As little as he can.
(d) As long as it takes.

15. What did Twain say always cured his wife of dysentery?
(a) Apples.
(b) Pears.
(c) Watermelon.
(d) Lemons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Suzy a lot of grief?

2. What was Olivia's maiden name?

3. What kind of people came to the lecture that Fuller set up for Twain?

4. Who found Jean's body?

5. Who did Twain see in person that made him very happy?

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