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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 think he would do using a steamboat according to Chapter 5?
(a) Try to cross the Atlantic.
(b) Explore the Mississippi.
(c) Run a flourishing trading business.
(d) Explore the Amazon.

2. What city was having cases of Yellow Death in Chapter 29?
(a) Okampa.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Memphis.
(d) Baton Rouge.

3. How did the story of the man who tried to rescue his wife during a steamboat accident end?
(a) The man killed his wife on accident.
(b) The woman killed her husband on accident.
(c) They both survived.
(d) They both died.

4. What choice did the captain of the steamboat in Chapter 19 choose at the end?
(a) Twain over Brown.
(b) He didn't take sides.
(c) He fired Both Twain and Brown.
(d) Brown over Twain.

5. What changed Twain's life in Chapter 21?
(a) The train.
(b) His marriage.
(c) Peace.
(d) War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Twain become towards the end of his pilot training?

2. What did the pilot of the boat in Chapter 19 chase Twain's brother with?

3. What is Chapter 11 about?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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