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

2. What was causing the impression of a bluff reef in Chapter 9?
(a) A trunk.
(b) Wind.
(c) An alligator.
(d) Rain.

3. What woman did Twain borrow accounts from in Chapter 29?
(a) Mrs. Troll.
(b) Mrs. Trollope.
(c) Mrs. Ruppert.
(d) Mrs. Ruth.

4. What choice did the captain of the steamboat in Chapter 19 choose at the end?
(a) He didn't take sides.
(b) Twain over Brown.
(c) Brown over Twain.
(d) He fired Both Twain and Brown.

5. Who borrowed money from everyone in Chapter 17?
(a) Harry.
(b) Mark.
(c) Stephen.
(d) Robert.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Twain find amazing about learning to navigate the Mississippi?

2. What was the name of the gang in Chapter 29?

3. What did the steamboat pilots have to do to navigate the Mississippi according to Chapter 9?

4. What was the main quality good pilots needed to have according to Twain in Chapter 13?

5. What did the pilot of the boat in Chapter 19 chase Twain's brother with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Twain note about captains and owners?

2. Who was Stephen?

3. Who was Brown according to Chapter 18?

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

5. What Twain explain about his early attempts to work on a steamboat according to Chapter 4?

6. How does Mark Twain describe the river in Chapter 1?

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

8. What did Twain illustrate in Chapter 3?

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

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

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