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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 people think of Bixby's maneuver in Chapter 7?
(a) It would be easy.
(b) It would take several hours.
(c) It would fail.
(d) It would be hard, but possible.

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

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

4. What did the pilot in Chapter 26 transport during the Civil War?
(a) Weapons.
(b) Food.
(c) Civilians.
(d) Soldiers.

5. What did the pilot find to be a silly game?
(a) Traveling alone.
(b) Traveling with other writers.
(c) Asking for money.
(d) Traveling incognito.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a bluff reef?

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

3. Who was Bixby according to Chapter 6?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What horrific story does Twain describe in Chapter 30?

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

5. What was Murel's gang according to Chapter 29?

6. What silly game was Twain playing in Chapter 24?

7. What island was Twain happy to see in Chapter 25?

8. Who was Brown according to Chapter 18?

9. What qualities does a good pilot need based on Chapter 13?

10. What did Bixby do that nobody thought was possible according to Chapter 7?

(see the answer keys)

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