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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the other pilots on Twain's boat do to him toward the end of his training?
(a) Made him question his eye sight.
(b) Made him question his friends.
(c) Made him question his training.
(d) Made him question his own judgment.

2. What task does Twain describe in Chapter 12?
(a) Roaming.
(b) Sounding.
(c) Orming.
(d) Graming.

3. What did Twain think of the reason behind not allowing passengers to board the boats during the special events of Chapter 16?
(a) He supported it.
(b) He produced charts to support it.
(c) He questioned the claim.
(d) He had no opinion on it.

4. What town was next to the area Twain wrote had been important to the Union in Chapter 26?
(a) New Grinwitch.
(b) New Paris.
(c) New Madrid.
(d) New Berlin.

5. Why was Twain on a different boat than the one he started he training on in Chapter 18?
(a) He resigned form the other boat.
(b) He was writing an article.
(c) He was fired.
(d) He was loaned out.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long were steamboat pilots shifts?

3. What did the pilot in Chapter 26 transport during the Civil War?

4. What did Twain think of the romance of the river in Chapter 28?

5. What did Bixby have to pilot the boat around in Chapter 7?

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