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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the man who tried to teach Twain a lesson from Chapter 30?
(a) Minnesota.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) Indiana.

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

3. What did Bixby have to pilot the boat around in Chapter 7?
(a) A port.
(b) A bridge.
(c) A barge.
(d) An island.

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

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

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

7. What would smaller ships do after bumping into larger steamboats?
(a) Try to board the larger steamboats.
(b) Sue for damages.
(c) Try to pay more attention.
(d) Go repair their boat.

8. What did the steamboat pilots have to do to navigate the Mississippi according to Chapter 9?
(a) Go straight and never deviate.
(b) Follow maps.
(c) Follow buoys.
(d) Read the river.

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

10. 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.

11. What stories did the pilot in Chapter 24 tell Twain?
(a) Pilot stories.
(b) War stories.
(c) Alligator stories.
(d) Boat stories.

12. How did the story of the man who tried to rescue his wife during a steamboat accident end?
(a) They both survived.
(b) They both died.
(c) The man killed his wife on accident.
(d) The woman killed her husband on accident.

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

14. What task does Twain describe in Chapter 12?
(a) Orming.
(b) Graming.
(c) Sounding.
(d) Roaming.

15. How did Twain name the pilot who came to take his shift after Bixby?
(a) Mr. P.
(b) Mr. R.
(c) Mr. T.
(d) Mr. W.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who borrowed money from everyone in Chapter 17?

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

3. What was the name of the town from which the two feuding families were from?

4. What did Twain think he would do using a steamboat according to Chapter 5?

5. What did Twain trace back the towns in Chapter 23 to?

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