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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) Smuggle liquor on the boat.
(b) He tried to buy a boat.
(c) Travel incognito.
(d) Be hired as a ship mate.

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

3. What did the other pilots on Twain's boat do to him toward the end of his training?
(a) Made him question his eye sight.
(b) Made him question his own judgment.
(c) Made him question his friends.
(d) Made him question his training.

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

5. What did people think of Bixby's maneuver in Chapter 7?
(a) It would be easy.
(b) It would fail.
(c) It would be hard, but possible.
(d) It would take several hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Twain recall the stories of in Chapter 27?

2. What did the pilot find to be a silly game?

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

4. What did Huckleberry Finn do in Chapter 3?

5. Why were passengers not allowed on board during the special events in Chapter 16?

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