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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Twain describe in Chapter 58?
(a) Ports on the Mississippi.
(b) The lower Mississippi.
(c) The Upper Mississippi.
(d) The new type of fuels used in steamboats.

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

4. What was the only thing left of Napoleon?
(a) The foundation.
(b) A door.
(c) A chimney.
(d) The roof.

5. What part was Twain's acquaintance playing in Chapter 51?
(a) A Roman soldier.
(b) Roberto.
(c) Romeo.
(d) Miew.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the pilot able to get a raise in Chapter 14?

2. What was Twain's first reaction to the letter?

3. What did the pilot find to be a silly game?

4. What did people think of Bixby's maneuver in Chapter 7?

5. What did the gang in Chapter 29 steal?

(see the answer key)

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