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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 much was Twain paid as Orion's apprentice?
(a) $3.50 a week.
(b) $350 a year.
(c) $35 a month.
(d) $3.50 a month.

2. What was Harte's occupation?
(a) Legislator.
(b) Miner.
(c) Writer.
(d) Editor.

3. What did Twain's father die of?
(a) Pleurisy.
(b) Pneumonic plague.
(c) Palsy.
(d) Pneumonia.

4. What is the name of the first publisher to turn Twain's first book down?
(a) Carson.
(b) Carlton.
(c) Carmen.
(d) Carrion.

5. What does Twain bring home from caves as a young boy?
(a) Stalactites.
(b) Mud.
(c) Cave spiders.
(d) Bats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Twain see some Irish boys doing one night after he left Nevada?

2. Which of Twain's famous characters was inspired by Tom Blankenship?

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

4. What is the name of the boy who came to stay with Twain's family when he was 15?

5. What was Harte's first name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Twain say showed his intense vanity?

2. How did Twain's first son die?

3. What did Twain see when he was on assignment in Honolulu?

4. What happened when the town clerk invested in the telephone?

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

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

7. What did an innkeeper do that greatly amused Twain?

8. What does Twain say about Murat Halsted?

9. What did Twain realize while writing "Tom Sawyer"?

10. What did Twain do to try and save his wife from dying, and how did it work out?

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