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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a bluff reef?
(a) A sunken boat.
(b) A reef composed of wood.
(c) A reef hidden under the water.
(d) A small inconsequential reef.

2. What did Twain think he would do using a steamboat according to Chapter 5?
(a) Try to cross the Atlantic.
(b) Run a flourishing trading business.
(c) Explore the Amazon.
(d) Explore the Mississippi.

3. Why did the pilot of the boat where Twain was on in Chapter 19 get in trouble?
(a) For not stopping at a specific point.
(b) He did not navigate a turn the proper way.
(c) He tried to hit Twain.
(d) He refused to slow down.

4. What did Twain do to follow his dream?
(a) He joined the army.
(b) He ran away.
(c) He went to Europe.
(d) He studied mechanical engineering.

5. Who proved that the Mississippi emptied in the Gulf of Mexico?
(a) La Rosa.
(b) La Grange.
(c) La Salle.
(d) De La Villa.

6. What did Huckleberry Finn do in Chapter 3?
(a) Illustrated how men on the Mississipi traveled.
(b) Illustrated how men on the Mississipi lived.
(c) Illustrated how men on the Mississipi treated slaves.
(d) Illustrated how men on the Mississipi talked.

7. 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) His fear of piloting alone.
(d) How cargo wasunloaded.

8. What did the pilot in Chapter 26 transport during the Civil War?
(a) Food.
(b) Civilians.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Weapons.

9. What trainer was hard on Twain in Chapter 18?
(a) Robert.
(b) Stephen.
(c) Brown.
(d) Bixby.

10. What did Twain try to do in Chapter 22, but failed?
(a) He tried to buy a boat.
(b) Travel incognito.
(c) Be hired as a ship mate.
(d) Smuggle liquor on the boat.

11. What changed Twain's life in Chapter 21?
(a) War.
(b) His marriage.
(c) The train.
(d) Peace.

12. Who did Twain befriend on the steamboat from Cincinnati?
(a) The pilot.
(b) The captain.
(c) The night watchman.
(d) The mecanic.

13. What did Twain discover after talking with the pilot in Chapter 24?
(a) That they were both journalists.
(b) That Twain was a better pilot.
(c) That the pilot was unexperienced.
(d) That they knew each other.

14. How long would the Mississippi be if it was in a straight line?
(a) 235 miles.
(b) 975 miles.
(c) 595 miles.
(d) 675 miles.

15. What did the gang in Chapter 29 steal?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Money.
(c) Food.
(d) Horses.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did the measures discussed by Twain in Chapter 28 save per load of cargo?

2. Why was Twain on a different boat than the one he started he training on in Chapter 18?

3. What was the nickname of the trainees on Twain's new boat in Chapter 18?

4. What city was having cases of Yellow Death in Chapter 29?

5. What did Twain become towards the end of his pilot training?

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