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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What towns did Twain write about in Chapter 23?
(a) Towns between Minneapolis and Baton Rouge.
(b) Towns between St. Louis and Baton Rouge.
(c) Towns between St. Louis and New Orleans.
(d) Towns between Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

3. Where did Twain try to go to from Cincinnati?
(a) Paris.
(b) Baton Rouge.
(c) Saint Louis.
(d) New Orleans.

4. What was important in Twain's early life according to Chapter 4?
(a) Cars.
(b) Steamboats.
(c) Trains.
(d) Horses.

5. How long were steamboat pilots shifts?
(a) 6 hours.
(b) 12 hours.
(c) 4 hours.
(d) 8 hours.

6. How long after the first settler saw the Mississippi did the following settler see the river?
(a) 210 years.
(b) 130 years.
(c) 150 years.
(d) 90 years.

7. What did Twain have to learn besides the physical markers on the Mississippi?
(a) To follow the light on the shore.
(b) How high the boat was to avoid bridges.
(c) How high the river was at any given time.
(d) To read maps.

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

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

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

11. Where did Marquette come from when he explored the Mississippi junction in Chapter 2?
(a) England.
(b) Wisconsin
(c) Mexico.
(d) New York.

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

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

14. What choice did the captain of the steamboat in Chapter 19 choose at the end?
(a) He fired Both Twain and Brown.
(b) Brown over Twain.
(c) Twain over Brown.
(d) He didn't take sides.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the pilot able to get a raise in Chapter 14?

2. What did the other pilots on Twain's boat do to him toward the end of his training?

3. What did the pilot in Chapter 26 transport during the Civil War?

4. What did Twain try to do in Chapter 22, but failed?

5. What did Twain discover as he wanted to see one specific town?

(see the answer keys)

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