Life on the Mississippi Test | Final Test - Easy

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Life on the Mississippi Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Twain at the end of Chapter 52?
(a) Memphis.
(b) Saint Louis.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Baton Rouge.

2. What did Sir Walter Scott do to the south according to Twain?
(a) Make it look bad.
(b) Removed a spell from it.
(c) Make it more appealing.
(d) Cast a spell on it.

3. What did Twain say steamboats were vastly superior to in Chapter 38?
(a) The loveliest houses from twenty years ago.
(b) Wood buildings.
(c) Caves.
(d) Stone buildings.

4. What did New Orleans have fewer of in recent years according to Twain in Chapter 41?
(a) Sewer problems.
(b) Riots.
(c) Fires.
(d) Floods.

5. Why did Twain's friend not like epidemics?
(a) They were not as profitable as regular funerals.
(b) The dead were not bringing enough jewelry.
(c) Nobody bought bakery goods.
(d) There was a lot of crime.

6. What did Twain miss, according to Chapter 44?
(a) Life on boats.
(b) Southern speech.
(c) Visiting the Amazon.
(d) New York.

7. What did Twain think of the correspondence of the man in Chapter 48?
(a) It was well written.
(b) It was believable.
(c) It was doubtful.
(d) It was short.

8. What did Twain say people in Chapter 44 were using in place of "gone"?
(a) Something sounding like "wone."
(b) Out.
(c) Go.
(d) Went.

9. What was Twain considered to be in his home town, according to Chapter 53?
(a) Dead.
(b) A traitor.
(c) Famous.
(d) A fool.

10. What did Twain's old friend in Chapter 43 do for a living?
(a) He was a police officer.
(b) He was an undertaker.
(c) He was a grave robber.
(d) He was a baker.

11. What institution did Twain describe the architecture of in Chapter 40?
(a) Hospital.
(b) The governor's mention.
(c) Educational.
(d) Tribunals.

12. Where did the inhabitants near the battlefield in Chapter 34 take shelter?
(a) Caves.
(b) Underground shelters.
(c) In refugee camps.
(d) In neighboring cities.

13. Who did Twain's friend want his money to go to?
(a) To the child of the soldier he killed.
(b) To the parents of the soldier he killed.
(c) To the sister of the soldier he killed.
(d) To the widow of the soldier he killed.

14. When would Twain usually de-boat?
(a) 2 p.m.
(b) Midnight.
(c) 10 a.m.
(d) Noon.

15. What did Twain think of New Orleans graveyards in Chapter 42?
(a) He found them beautiful.
(b) He found them dirty.
(c) He found them too large.
(d) He found them too small.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did Twain's friend leave after his death?

2. What did Twain describe in Chapter 58?

3. What battlefield did Twain describe in Chapter 34?

4. Where did Twain see Bixby in Chapter 48?

5. What hero pilot ended up disabled?

(see the answer keys)

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