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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Twain befriend on the steamboat from Cincinnati?
(a) The mecanic.
(b) The captain.
(c) The night watchman.
(d) The pilot.

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 talked.
(c) Illustrated how men on the Mississipi traveled.
(d) Illustrated how men on the Mississipi lived.

3. Why was Twain jealous of the boy he knew in his town?
(a) He went to work on steamboats.
(b) He was a better writer than him.
(c) He married the town's prettiest girl.
(d) He was wealthy.

4. 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 human body losing its mystery for doctors.
(c) To the ocean losing its mystery to sea captains.
(d) To gravity losing its mystery for an aviator.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How was the pilot able to get a raise in Chapter 14?

3. Who helped complete the pilot's association monopoly?

4. Who was the first settler to see the Mississippi?

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

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