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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 did Twain's friend say people never skimp on?
(a) Lawyers.
(b) Funerals.
(c) Baked goods.
(d) Jewelry.

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

3. What boat did Twain say exploded in Chapter 37?
(a) The Gold Rush.
(b) The Gold Dust.
(c) The Golden Bar.
(d) The Gold Nugget.

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

5. What has been Napoleon before its destruction?
(a) A hospital.
(b) A stable.
(c) A coop.
(d) A shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Twain find amazing about learning to navigate the Mississippi?

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

3. How many died in the battlefield described in Chapter 34?

4. How long were steamboat pilots shifts?

5. What did Twain say was profitable before, but were later hardly worth anything?

(see the answer key)

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