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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the name of Brown's ship according to Chapter 20?
(a) The Pennsylvania.
(b) The Gold Rush.
(c) The Wisconsin.
(d) The Little Man.

3. Who told Marquette that the Mississippi was dangerous?
(a) The Indians.
(b) The British.
(c) The French.
(d) The Spaniards.

4. What was the normal wage for a pilot in Twain's time?
(a) $250.
(b) $500.
(c) $125.
(d) $350.

5. What city was having cases of Yellow Death in Chapter 29?
(a) Memphis.
(b) Baton Rouge.
(c) Okampa.
(d) New Orleans.

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

7. What was the steamboat industry replaced by during Twain's lifetime?
(a) Trains.
(b) Planes.
(c) Cars.
(d) Sea faring ships.

8. What was the name of the man in competition with Twain for a girl?
(a) Tim.
(b) Tom.
(c) Stan.
(d) Harry.

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

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

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

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

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

14. Why was Twain jealous of the boy he knew in his town?
(a) He went to work on steamboats.
(b) He was wealthy.
(c) He was a better writer than him.
(d) He married the town's prettiest girl.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the man who tried to teach Twain a lesson from Chapter 30?

2. What woman did Twain borrow accounts from in Chapter 29?

3. How did Twain see steamboat pilots in Chapter 14?

4. What did Twain say made the river even harder to navigate in Chapter 8?

5. Why was the Mississippi River attractive for people?

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