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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 have to learn besides the physical markers on the Mississippi?
(a) How high the boat was to avoid bridges.
(b) To follow the light on the shore.
(c) To read maps.
(d) How high the river was at any given time.

2. What did the pilot in Chapter 26 transport during the Civil War?
(a) Civilians.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Food.
(d) Soldiers.

3. What did the man try to teach Twain about in Chapter 30?
(a) About boats.
(b) About writing.
(c) About the river.
(d) About trains.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What choice did the captain of the steamboat in Chapter 19 choose at the end?

2. What is a bluff reef?

3. How did Twain name the pilot who came to take his shift after Bixby?

4. What did Twain say made the river even harder to navigate in Chapter 8?

5. What city marked one of the strongest changes in traits and speeches, according to Chapter 22?

(see the answer key)

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