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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happened to Napoleon?
(a) It was taken apart.
(b) It was moved.
(c) It burned to the ground.
(d) It was remodeled.

3. What did Twain have to learn besides the physical markers on the Mississippi?
(a) How high the river was at any given time.
(b) To follow the light on the shore.
(c) To read maps.
(d) How high the boat was to avoid bridges.

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

5. What would smaller ships do after bumping into larger steamboats?
(a) Sue for damages.
(b) Go repair their boat.
(c) Try to board the larger steamboats.
(d) Try to pay more attention.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first settler to see the Mississippi?

2. What did the other pilots on Twain's boat do to him toward the end of his training?

3. What did the manufacturing city in Chapter 39 produce?

4. What is a bluff reef?

5. Where was Twain's friend when he saw the body of the second soldier?

(see the answer key)

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