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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 45-60.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did the steamboat pilots have to do to navigate the Mississippi according to Chapter 9?
(a) Go straight and never deviate.
(b) Read the river.
(c) Follow maps.
(d) Follow buoys.

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

5. What historical period did the south romanticize according to Twain?
(a) The French revolution.
(b) The Middle Ages.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) The Roman Empire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city did Twain write about in Chapter 40?

2. Where was the man who tried to teach Twain a lesson from Chapter 30?

3. What institution did Twain describe the architecture of in Chapter 40?

4. What did Twain describe in Chapter 58?

5. What happened to Twain's friend's wife and child?

(see the answer key)

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