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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 was the due of the pilot's association?
(a) $50 plus 10%.
(b) $50 plus 5%.
(c) $200 plus 10%.
(d) $200 plus 5%.

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

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

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

5. How was the pilot able to get a raise in Chapter 14?
(a) By doing a "$60 job."
(b) By doing a "$175 job."
(c) By doing a "$125 job."
(d) By doing a "$250 job."

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Twain think he would do using a steamboat according to Chapter 5?

2. How did Twain see steamboat pilots in Chapter 14?

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

4. How did the men treat Huck after finding him?

5. Why was Twain jealous of the boy he knew in his town?

(see the answer key)

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