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

2. Where did Twain try to go to from Cincinnati?
(a) Paris.
(b) Saint Louis.
(c) Baton Rouge.
(d) New Orleans.

3. What would smaller ships do after bumping into larger steamboats?
(a) Sue for damages.
(b) Try to pay more attention.
(c) Try to board the larger steamboats.
(d) Go repair their boat.

4. What is Chapter 11 about?
(a) Bridge construction.
(b) Navigating difficult pieces of the river.
(c) Boat construction.
(d) Navigating smaller parts of the Mississippi.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Mississippi first seen by a settler?

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

3. What did Twain have to learn besides the physical markers on the Mississippi?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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