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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 45-60.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Twain describe in Chapter 11?
(a) An amazing piece of piloting.
(b) His fear of piloting alone.
(c) The trip of a family en route for New Orleans.
(d) How cargo wasunloaded.

2. What was the due of the pilot's association?
(a) $200 plus 5%.
(b) $200 plus 10%.
(c) $50 plus 10%.
(d) $50 plus 5%.

3. How long were steamboat pilots shifts?
(a) 6 hours.
(b) 12 hours.
(c) 4 hours.
(d) 8 hours.

4. How did Twain name the pilot who came to take his shift after Bixby?
(a) Mr. W.
(b) Mr. P.
(c) Mr. T.
(d) Mr. R.

5. What did the Calhoun Line Company decide to sell in Chapter 33?
(a) Boats.
(b) discount tickets.
(c) Coal.
(d) Cotton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Twain think of the correspondence of the man in Chapter 48?

2. What was required on boats at night according to Chapter 10?

3. What was Twain happy to see still being there in Chapter 25?

4. How was the pilot able to get a raise in Chapter 14?

5. Why was Twain disappointed at the end of Chapter 52?

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