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

2. Why was Twain delighted concerning Bixby in Chapter 48?
(a) He finds him exactly the same.
(b) He finds him without a job.
(c) He finds him in a wheelchair
(d) He finds him aged..

3. Why was Twain on a different boat than the one he started he training on in Chapter 18?
(a) He was writing an article.
(b) He was loaned out.
(c) He was fired.
(d) He resigned form the other boat.

4. What did the steamboat pilots have to do to navigate the Mississippi according to Chapter 9?
(a) Go straight and never deviate.
(b) Follow maps.
(c) Follow buoys.
(d) Read the river.

5. What did the men on Twain's boat think of him wanting to disembark at Napoleon in Chapter 32?
(a) They found it sad.
(b) They found it alarming.
(c) They found it pathetic.
(d) They found it hilarious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What institution did Twain describe the architecture of in Chapter 40?

2. What was the steamboat industry replaced by during Twain's lifetime?

3. Who did Twain talk to in Chapter 40?

4. Who borrowed money from everyone in Chapter 17?

5. Where did Twain return to after finishing his trip, according to Chapter 60?

(see the answer key)

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