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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 was Twain happy to see still being there in Chapter 25?
(a) Baton Rouge.
(b) Paris.
(c) New York.
(d) Cairo.

2. What special event did Twain describe in Chapter 16?
(a) Steamboat races.
(b) Steamboat decomission.
(c) Steamboat galas.
(d) Steamboat poker tournaments.

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

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

5. What did Twain become after his career as a pilot?
(a) A reporter.
(b) A boat captain.
(c) A nurse.
(d) A novelist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who borrowed money from everyone in Chapter 17?

2. What did Twain promise his instructor?

3. How long after the first settler saw the Mississippi did the following settler see the river?

4. What was the name of the pilot in Twain's story in Chapter 14?

5. What did Twain describe in Chapter 30?

(see the answer key)

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