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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Huckleberry Finn do in Chapter 3?
(a) Illustrated how men on the Mississipi talked.
(b) Illustrated how men on the Mississipi treated slaves.
(c) Illustrated how men on the Mississipi traveled.
(d) Illustrated how men on the Mississipi lived.

2. What did Twain find amazing about learning to navigate the Mississippi?
(a) It was easy.
(b) The mandatory exam was open book.
(c) It needed to be learned going up and downriver.
(d) The teachers were not helpful.

3. What did Twain promise his instructor?
(a) $800 out of his first wages.
(b) $250 out of his first wages.
(c) $50 out of his first wages.
(d) $500 out of his first wages.

4. What did people think of Bixby's maneuver in Chapter 7?
(a) It would fail.
(b) It would be easy.
(c) It would be hard, but possible.
(d) It would take several hours.

5. What did pilots use to perform the task described in Chapter 12?
(a) Buoy.
(b) Long ropes from the shore.
(c) Steel lines.
(d) Small boats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was special about the pilot in Twain's story in Chapter 11?

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

3. What did Twain say made the river even harder to navigate in Chapter 8?

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

5. What was the due of the pilot's association?

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