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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Twain see steamboat pilots in Chapter 14?
(a) As prisoners to the boat owners.
(b) As prisoners to the Union.
(c) As the freeest men on the boat.
(d) As the freest men in America.

2. What was the main quality good pilots needed to have according to Twain in Chapter 13?
(a) Patiences.
(b) Quick reflexes.
(c) Memory.
(d) Attention.

3. Who borrowed money from everyone in Chapter 17?
(a) Robert.
(b) Harry.
(c) Stephen.
(d) Mark.

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

5. What was stuck in closed off elbows in Twain's stories in Chapter 17?
(a) Lost towns.
(b) Aligators.
(c) Ghost ships.
(d) Fisheries.

6. What did Twain find amazing about learning to navigate the Mississippi?
(a) The teachers were not helpful.
(b) The mandatory exam was open book.
(c) It was easy.
(d) It needed to be learned going up and downriver.

7. How did the man in Chapter 17 say he would repay his debts?
(a) The oldest creditor to the earlier one.
(b) Alphabetically.
(c) The earlier creditor to the older one.
(d) First come first serve.

8. What did Twain compare pilot's loss of romance toward the Mississippi to?
(a) To gravity losing its mystery for an aviator.
(b) To the ocean losing its mystery to sea captains.
(c) To the food losing their mystery to farmers.
(d) To the human body losing its mystery for doctors.

9. Why was the Mississippi River attractive for people?
(a) People found it scary and exiting.
(b) People found it refreshing.
(c) People found it savage, lonely and desolate.
(d) People found it relaxing and quiet.

10. Who was Bixby according to Chapter 6?
(a) An established watchman.
(b) An established mechanic.
(c) An established pilot.
(d) An established captain.

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

12. How long did Twain stay with his brother before his death?
(a) 8 days.
(b) 6 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 7 days.

13. What did Twain think of the reason behind not allowing passengers to board the boats during the special events of Chapter 16?
(a) He supported it.
(b) He had no opinion on it.
(c) He produced charts to support it.
(d) He questioned the claim.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the normal wage for a pilot in Twain's time?

2. What did Twain think of the romance of the river in Chapter 28?

3. Where did Marquette come from when he explored the Mississippi junction in Chapter 2?

4. What changed Twain's life in Chapter 21?

5. What did Twain describe in Chapter 30?

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