Who Was Mark Twain Intro - CH 2

Sam's real name

• Samuel Langhorne Clemens

• Samuel B. Clementine

• Samuel Adams

• Samuel E. Blurb

Sam had an exciting life he was

• a steamboat pilot, gold miner, newspaper reporter, pastor

• a steamboat pilot, newspaper reporter, pastor

• a steamboat pilot, gold miner, newspaper reporter

• a boat pilot, gold miner, newspaper reporter, pastor

Sam traveled the world doing what?

• giving lectures about racisim, greed and injustice

• giving lectures about racisim, greece and injustice

• giving lectures about radicalism, greed and injustice

• giving lectures about racisim, greed and truth

Halley's Comet is made up of

• ball of dust, gases, snow and ice

• ball of dirt, gases, snow and ice

• ball of dust, gases, snow and soil

• ball of dust, natural light, snow and ice

Choose the correct answer about Halley's Comet

• named after Edmond Halley, returns every 76 years, returns in 2061

• named after Edward Halley, returns every 67 years, returns in 2061

• named after Edmond Hall, returns every 76 years, returns in 2061

• named after Edmond Halley, returns every 65 years, returns in 2061

Jane, Sam's mom called him "Little Sammy" because

• he was small and frail, 3 of his siblings didn't live past childhood

• he was small and short, 3 of his siblings didn't live past childhood

• he was small and frail, 2 of his siblings didn't live past childhood

• he was small and frail, 3 of his siblings didn't live past adulthood

John, Sam's dad was a

• lawyer and shopkeeper

• lawyer and owned a mill

• dentist and shopkeeper

• lawyer and beekeeper

Choose the correct answer that describes Sam

• terrific speller, loved to read, restless, excitable, played hooky

• terrific speller, loved to run, restless, excitable, played hooky

• terrific speller, loved math, restless, excitable, played hooky

• terrific speller, loved to read, restless, excitable, played hockey

Sam called the Mississippi River a "boy's paradise". What did he do there?

• fish, swim, smoke corn cob pipes, played in the woods

• fish, raced his friends, smoke corn cob pipes, played in the woods

• fish, swim, smoke corn cob pipes, played in the river

• fish, swim, smoke pipes, played in the woods

Choose the correct answer about Sam's childhood

• When he was 9 he saw a shooting outside his house, a slave killed by his overseer, slavery was part of his youth

• When he was 8 he saw a shooting in his house, a overseer killed by a slave, slavery was part of his youth

• When he was 9 he saw a shooting outside his house, a slave killed by his dad, slavery was part of his youth

• When he was 10 he saw a shooting outside his house, a slave escaped, slavery was part of his youth