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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31-45.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the manufacturing city in Chapter 39 produce?
(a) Oil and wine.
(b) Ice and cannon powder.
(c) Cannons.
(d) Ice and oil from cotton seeds.

2. What was the name of the man in competition with Twain for a girl?
(a) Tim.
(b) Tom.
(c) Stan.
(d) Harry.

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

4. What special event did Twain describe in Chapter 16?
(a) Steamboat races.
(b) Steamboat poker tournaments.
(c) Steamboat galas.
(d) Steamboat decomission.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the gang in Chapter 29?

2. How long were steamboat pilots shifts?

3. What did the man try to teach Twain about in Chapter 30?

4. Why did the gambler make it big?

5. How long after the first settler saw the Mississippi did the following settler see the river?

(see the answer key)

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