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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 describe in Chapter 58?
(a) The Upper Mississippi.
(b) The lower Mississippi.
(c) Ports on the Mississippi.
(d) The new type of fuels used in steamboats.

2. What did Twain notice about the cities he was visiting in Chapter 57?
(a) They were taken over by the Union Army.
(b) They changed.
(c) They were cleaner than he remembered.
(d) They stayed the same.

3. What did Twain find disgusting in Chapter 45?
(a) Alligator hunting.
(b) Cock fights.
(c) Shore fishing.
(d) Barbecuing.

4. Why did Twain have to change a name as mentioned in Chapter 47?
(a) The name was too long for the cover.
(b) The name didn't reflect the content.
(c) The owner of the name brought a libel suit.
(d) The name was a mouthful.

5. What institution did Twain describe the architecture of in Chapter 40?
(a) The governor's mention.
(b) Hospital.
(c) Educational.
(d) Tribunals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What cards did the gambler get in Chapter 36?

2. Why did the man and the woman in Chapter 49 marry?

3. Where did Twain see Bixby in Chapter 48?

4. What did the letter the man received in Chapter 52 say?

5. What did Twain's friend pretend to be to befriend the soldiers in Chapter 31?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Twain write about regarding Baton Rouge in Chapter 40?

2. What did Twain write about Southern speech in Chapter 44?

3. Who was Ritter and what did he do in Chapter 31?

4. About how many people died in Vicksburg because of the war according to Chapter 35?

5. What did Twain learn about other people's opinions about him in Chapter 53?

6. What three Southern occupations did Twain describe in Chapter 45 and what was Twain's opinion on each?

7. What happened to The Gold Dust in Chapter 37?

8. What did Twain doubt in Chapter 48?

9. What improvement did Twain say improved in New Orleans in Chapter 41?

10. What did a former prison roommate write about in Chapter 52?

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