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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. What kind of epidemic spread through the town when Twain was 10?
(a) Measles.
(b) Polio.
(c) Typhoid.
(d) Consumption.

2. What does Twain say his mother thought of the trouble he caused as a boy?
(a) She expected it.
(b) She liked it.
(c) She was confused by it.
(d) She hated it.

3. How much money did Twain find on the road before his trip to Cincinnati?
(a) $5.
(b) $100.
(c) $10.
(d) $50.

4. What does Twain do with his daily dose of pain killer?
(a) Pours it out the window.
(b) Takes it obediently.
(c) Feeds it to the cat.
(d) Gives it to his brother.

5. How much time passed before Twain saw the man who first refused to publish Twain's first book?.
(a) 19 years.
(b) 23 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 21 years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom did Twain accidentally copy in his book about his sailing trip around the world?

3. How did the person who Twain tricked into seeing a minstrel show react?

4. Who died in 1907?

5. Where was Dr. Peake from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Twain's feelings about practical jokes change over his lifetime?

2. Why was Twain not able to be with Suzy when she died?

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

4. To what does Twain compare writing his autobiography?

5. What did Twain do with the money he found on the street?

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

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

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

9. What happened when Twain swore in front of his wife for the first time?

10. How was Twain saved from fighting a duel?

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