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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Twain trace back the towns in Chapter 23 to?
(a) Dutch settlements.
(b) French settlements.
(c) Native American settlements.
(d) British settlements.

3. Where did Marquette come from when he explored the Mississippi junction in Chapter 2?
(a) England.
(b) New York.
(c) Wisconsin
(d) Mexico.

4. What did pilots use to perform the task described in Chapter 12?
(a) Steel lines.
(b) Buoy.
(c) Long ropes from the shore.
(d) Small boats.

5. What did Twain compare pilot's loss of romance toward the Mississippi to?
(a) To gravity losing its mystery for an aviator.
(b) To the human body losing its mystery for doctors.
(c) To the food losing their mystery to farmers.
(d) To the ocean losing its mystery to sea captains.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the gang in Chapter 29 steal?

2. Why was Twain on a different boat than the one he started he training on in Chapter 18?

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

4. How long did Twain stay with his brother before his death?

5. What stories did the pilot in Chapter 24 tell Twain?

(see the answer key)

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