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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31-45.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the town from which the two feuding families were from?
(a) Montrouse.
(b) Salsburg.
(c) Salem.
(d) Compromise.

2. What did Twain find amazing about learning to navigate the Mississippi?
(a) It was easy.
(b) The teachers were not helpful.
(c) It needed to be learned going up and downriver.
(d) The mandatory exam was open book.

3. Who did Twain recall the stories of in Chapter 27?
(a) Pilots.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Tourists.
(d) Nuns.

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

5. What was the job of Twain's friend in Chapter 31?
(a) Watching over a ice depot.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Watching over dead bodies
(d) Prison guard.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was causing the impression of a bluff reef in Chapter 9?

3. Why did the pilot of the boat where Twain was on in Chapter 19 get in trouble?

4. What is a bluff reef?

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

(see the answer key)

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