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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-30.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did Twain have to learn besides the physical markers on the Mississippi?
(a) To read maps.
(b) To follow the light on the shore.
(c) How high the river was at any given time.
(d) How high the boat was to avoid bridges.
2. What did Twain think of the reason behind not allowing passengers to board the boats during the special events of Chapter 16?
(a) He had no opinion on it.
(b) He questioned the claim.
(c) He supported it.
(d) He produced charts to support it.
3. What did Twain promise his instructor?
(a) $250 out of his first wages.
(b) $50 out of his first wages.
(c) $500 out of his first wages.
(d) $800 out of his first wages.
4. What city was having cases of Yellow Death in Chapter 29?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Baton Rouge.
(c) Okampa.
(d) Memphis.
5. What was special about the pilot in Twain's story in Chapter 11?
(a) He was asleep.
(b) It was Twain himself.
(c) There was no pilots.
(d) It was a trainee.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who had to stay awake for the whole trip, according to Twain in Chapter 28?
2. Who helped complete the pilot's association monopoly?
3. What war did Twain mention in Chapter 27?
4. What did Twain discover as he wanted to see one specific town?
5. Who proved that the Mississippi emptied in the Gulf of Mexico?
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