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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were passengers not allowed on board during the special events in Chapter 16?
(a) So the boat would be better looking.
(b) So the boat would be safer.
(c) So the boat would be lighter.
(d) So the boat would be ready to burn.

2. Who was doing the depth measurement according to Chapter 28?
(a) Government boats.
(b) Local residents.
(c) The steamboat captains.
(d) Smaller boating companies.

3. What did the man try to teach Twain about in Chapter 30?
(a) About trains.
(b) About the river.
(c) About writing.
(d) About boats.

4. What did Twain think of the romance of the river in Chapter 28?
(a) It was still present.
(b) It was not seens by pilots.
(c) It was ruined.
(d) It was felt by children only.

5. What was special about the pilot in Twain's story in Chapter 11?
(a) It was a trainee.
(b) There was no pilots.
(c) He was asleep.
(d) It was Twain himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would smaller ships do after bumping into larger steamboats?

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

3. What was important in Twain's early life according to Chapter 4?

4. What did Twain discover as he wanted to see one specific town?

5. What city marked one of the strongest changes in traits and speeches, according to Chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Captain secretly proud of in Chapter 19?

2. How does Mark Twain describe the river in Chapter 1?

3. What did Twain remark about life after the war of 1812 in Chapter 27?

4. What was sounding according to Twain in Chapter 12?

5. What did Bixby do that nobody thought was possible according to Chapter 7?

6. What does Twain paint a picture of in Chapter 4?

7. What did Twain note about changes in the river in Chapter 17?

8. What was Murel's gang according to Chapter 29?

9. What does Twain realize about what he has to learn in Chapter 10?

10. How was the the pilot's association treated based on Chapter 15?

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