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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Twain see steamboat pilots in Chapter 14?
(a) As prisoners to the boat owners.
(b) As the freest men in America.
(c) As the freeest men on the boat.
(d) As prisoners to the Union.

2. What did Twain compare pilot's loss of romance toward the Mississippi to?
(a) To the human body losing its mystery for doctors.
(b) To the ocean losing its mystery to sea captains.
(c) To the food losing their mystery to farmers.
(d) To gravity losing its mystery for an aviator.

3. What was the normal wage for a pilot in Twain's time?
(a) $500.
(b) $350.
(c) $250.
(d) $125.

4. Who was the first settler to see the Mississippi?
(a) Cortez.
(b) DeSoto.
(c) de Vama.
(d) DiMaggio.

5. What did Twain become towards the end of his pilot training?
(a) Physically strong.
(b) Full of himself.
(c) Humble.
(d) A lisenced pilot.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is the Mississippi River according to Chapter 1?

2. Who told Marquette that the Mississippi was dangerous?

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

4. What was causing the impression of a bluff reef in Chapter 9?

5. What was the name of the man in competition with Twain for a girl?

(see the answer key)

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