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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 Twain happy to see still being there in Chapter 25?

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

3. What task does Twain describe in Chapter 12?

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

5. What did Twain do to follow his dream?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Twain illustrate in Chapter 3?

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

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

5. What horrific story does Twain describe in Chapter 30?

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

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

8. What was the bluff reef in Chapter 9?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of the men described in "Life on the Mississippi" and compare them, finding similarities and differences.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the relationship with Twain and his brother, Henry or the relationship between Twain and his family as a whole.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the impact of Mardi Gras and people like Sir Walter Scott had on the south.

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