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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 discover after talking with the pilot in Chapter 24?
(a) That they knew each other.
(b) That Twain was a better pilot.
(c) That they were both journalists.
(d) That the pilot was unexperienced.

2. Who was Bixby according to Chapter 6?
(a) An established watchman.
(b) An established mechanic.
(c) An established captain.
(d) An established pilot.

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

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

5. What location did Huck want to bring Jim to in Chapter 3?
(a) Cairo.
(b) Paris.
(c) Lisbon.
(d) Granada.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Bixby have to pilot the boat around in Chapter 7?

3. Why was Twain on a different boat than the one he started he training on in Chapter 18?

4. Who borrowed money from everyone in Chapter 17?

5. Who had to stay awake for the whole trip, according to Twain in Chapter 28?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was sounding according to Twain in Chapter 12?

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

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

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

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

6. What did Twain note about Stephen in Chapter 14?

7. Who was Brown according to Chapter 18?

8. What does Twain paint a picture of in Chapter 4?

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

10. What did Twain note about changes in the river in Chapter 17?

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