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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 important in Twain's early life according to Chapter 4?

2. Who did Twain recall the stories of in Chapter 27?

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

4. What did Twain have to learn besides the physical markers on the Mississippi?

5. What woman did Twain borrow accounts from in Chapter 29?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Brown according to Chapter 18?

3. What did a pilot watch from the pilot cabin in Chapter 26?

4. Who is Bixby in Chapter 4?

5. What was the bluff reef in Chapter 9?

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

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

8. What island was Twain happy to see in Chapter 25?

9. What did Twain do after the war according to Chapter 21?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define a pen name and determine why pen names are used by authors today and in the past.

Essay Topic 2

Choose an excerpt from "Huckleberry Finn" as referenced in Chapter 3, and discuss its significance in "Life on the Mississippi."

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the explosion of the Pennsylvania and other steamboats and examine common causes.

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