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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 45-60.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Chapter 11 about?
(a) Boat construction.
(b) Navigating smaller parts of the Mississippi.
(c) Bridge construction.
(d) Navigating difficult pieces of the river.

2. How much money did Twain's friend leave after his death?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $15,000.
(c) $75,000.
(d) $10,000.

3. What did the pilot in Chapter 26 transport during the Civil War?
(a) Food.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Civilians.
(d) Weapons.

4. What did Twain say was profitable before, but were later hardly worth anything?
(a) Steamboat bars.
(b) Grain transports.
(c) Steamboat poker tournaments.
(d) Passenger transport.

5. What did Twain describe in Chapter 58?
(a) Ports on the Mississippi.
(b) The lower Mississippi.
(c) The new type of fuels used in steamboats.
(d) The Upper Mississippi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Twain's old friend in Chapter 43 do for a living?

2. What did Twain think he would do using a steamboat according to Chapter 5?

3. What was the due of the pilot's association?

4. What was the name of the pilot in Twain's story in Chapter 14?

5. Who helped complete the pilot's association monopoly?

(see the answer key)

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