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

2. What did Twain describe in Chapter 11?
(a) The trip of a family en route for New Orleans.
(b) An amazing piece of piloting.
(c) His fear of piloting alone.
(d) How cargo wasunloaded.

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

4. How long is the Mississippi River according to Chapter 1?
(a) 2,300 miles.
(b) 750 miles.
(c) 1,300 miles.
(d) 300 miles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long would the Mississippi be if it was in a straight line?

2. What task does Twain describe in Chapter 12?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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