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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 become after his career as a pilot?
(a) A nurse.
(b) A reporter.
(c) A boat captain.
(d) A novelist.

2. What town was next to the area Twain wrote had been important to the Union in Chapter 26?
(a) New Paris.
(b) New Berlin.
(c) New Grinwitch.
(d) New Madrid.

3. What was special about the pilot in Twain's story in Chapter 11?
(a) It was a trainee.
(b) He was asleep.
(c) There was no pilots.
(d) It was Twain himself.

4. Where was Twain traveling to in Chapter 52?
(a) Baton Rouge.
(b) Saint Louis.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) New York.

5. Who did Twain take the name Mark Twain from, according to Chapter 50?
(a) Captain Sellers.
(b) Captain Marks.
(c) Captain Roberts.
(d) Captain Stephen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the man in Chapter 17 say he would repay his debts?

3. What celebration did Twain write about in Chapter 46?

4. Where did the man Twain describe in Chapter 48 sent correspondence from?

5. What did the steamboat pilots have to do to navigate the Mississippi according to Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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