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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Twain find amazing about learning to navigate the Mississippi?
(a) The mandatory exam was open book.
(b) It needed to be learned going up and downriver.
(c) It was easy.
(d) The teachers were not helpful.

2. What did people think of Bixby's maneuver in Chapter 7?
(a) It would fail.
(b) It would be easy.
(c) It would be hard, but possible.
(d) It would take several hours.

3. Who borrowed money from everyone in Chapter 17?
(a) Stephen.
(b) Harry.
(c) Robert.
(d) Mark.

4. Where was the man who tried to teach Twain a lesson from Chapter 30?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Wisconsin.
(c) Minnesota.
(d) Indiana.

5. When was the Mississippi first seen by a settler?
(a) 1552.
(b) 1542.
(c) 1562.
(d) 1572.

6. How did Twain name the pilot who came to take his shift after Bixby?
(a) Mr. R.
(b) Mr. T.
(c) Mr. P.
(d) Mr. W.

7. What changed on the Mississippi during Twain's time according to Chapter 17?
(a) The Mississippi was made straighter.
(b) Levees.
(c) Pollution.
(d) More bridges.

8. What changed Twain's life in Chapter 21?
(a) War.
(b) The train.
(c) Peace.
(d) His marriage.

9. What was the name of Brown's ship according to Chapter 20?
(a) The Gold Rush.
(b) The Pennsylvania.
(c) The Wisconsin.
(d) The Little Man.

10. What did the pilot find to be a silly game?
(a) Asking for money.
(b) Traveling alone.
(c) Traveling incognito.
(d) Traveling with other writers.

11. Why was the Mississippi River attractive for people?
(a) People found it refreshing.
(b) People found it scary and exiting.
(c) People found it relaxing and quiet.
(d) People found it savage, lonely and desolate.

12. What did Twain discover as he wanted to see one specific town?
(a) The town was deserted.
(b) The town doubled in size.
(c) The town burned to the ground.
(d) Its access to the river was blocked.

13. How long after the first settler saw the Mississippi did the following settler see the river?
(a) 150 years.
(b) 130 years.
(c) 90 years.
(d) 210 years.

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

15. What did Twain trace back the towns in Chapter 23 to?
(a) Native American settlements.
(b) British settlements.
(c) French settlements.
(d) Dutch settlements.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the man in Chapter 17 say he would repay his debts?

2. What was causing the impression of a bluff reef in Chapter 9?

3. What did the pilot of the boat in Chapter 19 chase Twain's brother with?

4. What trainer was hard on Twain in Chapter 18?

5. What task does Twain describe in Chapter 12?

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