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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was the man who tried to teach Twain a lesson from Chapter 30?

3. What changed Twain's life in Chapter 21?

4. What did Twain describe in Chapter 11?

5. How long after the first settler saw the Mississippi did the following settler see the river?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Twain describe when he returned to the river in Chapter 22?

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

6. What catastrophe was described in Chapter 20?

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

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 was the Captain secretly proud of in Chapter 19?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role early explorers had in America and their relationship with the Indians.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the background of the Civil War and the impact that it had on the south, including its residents.

Essay Topic 3

Compare the Mississippi during Twain's lifetime with how the river is today.

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