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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 think of the reason behind not allowing passengers to board the boats during the special events of Chapter 16?
(a) He had no opinion on it.
(b) He produced charts to support it.
(c) He questioned the claim.
(d) He supported it.

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

3. What part of the river did Twain write about in Chapter 25?
(a) Harbors.
(b) Bridges.
(c) The shores.
(d) Islands.

4. What was the name of the gang in Chapter 29?
(a) Green's gang.
(b) Murel's gang.
(c) Liroy's gang.
(d) Rupper's gang.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the pilot find to be a silly game?

2. What did pilots use to perform the task described in Chapter 12?

3. Why was the Mississippi River attractive for people?

4. Who did Twain recall the stories of in Chapter 27?

5. When was the Mississippi first seen by a settler?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why was Twain excited according to Chapter 16?

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

5. What did the Indians tell the explorers according to Chapter 2?

6. What does Twain trace back to French settlements in Chapter 23?

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

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

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

10. What did Twain illustrate in Chapter 3?

(see the answer keys)

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