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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) The trip of a family en route for New Orleans.
(c) How cargo wasunloaded.
(d) His fear of piloting alone.

2. Why did the man and the woman in Chapter 49 marry?
(a) Because they thought they would inherit some money.
(b) Because he was going to war.
(c) Because they wanted to anger their parents.
(d) Because they loved each other.

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

4. What weather accompanied Twain during his travels in Chapter 51?
(a) Rain.
(b) Thunderstorm.
(c) Sun.
(d) Fog.

5. Who did Twain run into in Chapter 53?
(a) A young woman.
(b) A wounded soldier.
(c) A fellow author.
(d) An old man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Twain find had improved in New Orleans in Chapter 41?

2. What town was next to the area Twain wrote had been important to the Union in Chapter 26?

3. How long were steamboat pilots shifts?

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

5. What did Twain do after hearing the carpenter's story in Chapter 55?

(see the answer key)

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