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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 would smaller ships do after bumping into larger steamboats?
(a) Try to board the larger steamboats.
(b) Go repair their boat.
(c) Sue for damages.
(d) Try to pay more attention.

2. What did Twain think he would do using a steamboat according to Chapter 5?
(a) Try to cross the Atlantic.
(b) Run a flourishing trading business.
(c) Explore the Mississippi.
(d) Explore the Amazon.

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

4. What did Twain have to learn besides the physical markers on the Mississippi?
(a) To follow the light on the shore.
(b) To read maps.
(c) How high the boat was to avoid bridges.
(d) How high the river was at any given time.

5. What did Twain become towards the end of his pilot training?
(a) Humble.
(b) A lisenced pilot.
(c) Physically strong.
(d) Full of himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Twain compare pilot's loss of romance toward the Mississippi to?

2. How was the pilot able to get a raise in Chapter 14?

3. What trainer was hard on Twain in Chapter 18?

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

5. How long would the Mississippi be if it was in a straight line?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the Captain secretly proud of in Chapter 19?

3. Who was Brown according to Chapter 18?

4. What did Twain illustrate in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

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

9. What was the bluff reef in Chapter 9?

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

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