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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Twain describe in Chapter 30?
(a) A sunset on the river.
(b) A sunrise on the river.
(c) A boat exploding.
(d) His first novel.

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

3. What did Twain think of the romance of the river in Chapter 28?
(a) It was ruined.
(b) It was felt by children only.
(c) It was still present.
(d) It was not seens by pilots.

4. What city marked one of the strongest changes in traits and speeches, according to Chapter 22?
(a) Bayou.
(b) Saint Louis.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Baton Rouge.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What location did Huck want to bring Jim to in Chapter 3?

2. What is Chapter 11 about?

3. Where did Twain try to go to from Cincinnati?

4. Who proved that the Mississippi emptied in the Gulf of Mexico?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the bluff reef in Chapter 9?

2. What catastrophe was described in Chapter 20?

3. Who was Brown according to Chapter 18?

4. What did Twain remark about life after the war of 1812 in Chapter 27?

5. What did Twain say in Chapter 28 about the romance of the river?

6. Why would W have killed Twain in Chapter 8?

7. How was the the pilot's association treated based on Chapter 15?

8. What does Twain realize about what he has to learn in Chapter 10?

9. What two types of people did Twain describe in Chapter 11?

10. What does Twain note about captains and owners?

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