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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long were steamboat pilots shifts?
(a) 12 hours.
(b) 6 hours.
(c) 8 hours.
(d) 4 hours.

2. Why was Twain jealous of the boy he knew in his town?
(a) He was wealthy.
(b) He married the town's prettiest girl.
(c) He was a better writer than him.
(d) He went to work on steamboats.

3. How did Twain see steamboat pilots in Chapter 14?
(a) As prisoners to the boat owners.
(b) As the freeest men on the boat.
(c) As the freest men in America.
(d) As prisoners to the Union.

4. How long is the Mississippi River according to Chapter 1?
(a) 2,300 miles.
(b) 1,300 miles.
(c) 750 miles.
(d) 300 miles.

5. What did Twain have to learn besides the physical markers on the Mississippi?
(a) To follow the light on the shore.
(b) How high the river was at any given time.
(c) How high the boat was to avoid bridges.
(d) To read maps.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who proved that the Mississippi emptied in the Gulf of Mexico?

3. What did Twain describe in Chapter 11?

4. How did the men treat Huck after finding him?

5. What was required on boats at night according to Chapter 10?

(see the answer key)

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