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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 Twain try to do in Chapter 22, but failed?
(a) Be hired as a ship mate.
(b) Travel incognito.
(c) Smuggle liquor on the boat.
(d) He tried to buy a boat.

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

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

4. What was required on boats at night according to Chapter 10?
(a) Two bridge officers.
(b) Guard rails.
(c) Lookouts.
(d) Lanterns.

5. What towns did Twain write about in Chapter 23?
(a) Towns between Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
(b) Towns between Minneapolis and Baton Rouge.
(c) Towns between St. Louis and New Orleans.
(d) Towns between St. Louis and Baton Rouge.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long were steamboat pilots shifts?

2. What did the steamboat pilots have to do to navigate the Mississippi according to Chapter 9?

3. Why was Twain jealous of the boy he knew in his town?

4. What did Twain have to learn besides the physical markers on the Mississippi?

5. Who was doing the depth measurement according to Chapter 28?

(see the answer key)

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