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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Twain hope to write?
(a) Inspiringly.
(b) Truly.
(c) Freely.
(d) Beautifully.

2. Who died in 1907?
(a) Orion.
(b) Jim Gillis.
(c) Bret Harte.
(d) Injun Joe.

3. How much money did Twain live on while writing "The Innocents Abroad"?
(a) $48 a week.
(b) $12 a week.
(c) $24 a week.
(d) $36 a week.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Twain on his first day of school?

2. How does Twain describe his older brother?

3. What did Twain notice when he wrote his autobiography in pen?

4. What did Twain's father die of?

5. What was Harte's first name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when Henry would do something bad instead of Twain?

2. How did Twain say he felt after Jean's death?

3. What did Carlton do when he met Twain after refusing to publish his book?

4. What happened to Olivia when she was 16, and how was she cured?

5. What does Twain say was so special about Rogers?

6. How did Twain feel about the biography Suzy wrote about him?

7. What did Grant do that showed his human side?

8. What happened to the newspaper in San Francisco who told Twain to resign?

9. What did Twain hear a man say at a banquet, and how did he feel about it?

10. How do we know that not everything in this book is true?

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