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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 did Twain miss, according to Chapter 44?

2. What did the manufacturing city in Chapter 39 produce?

3. Why did the gambler make it big?

4. What did Twain compare steamboats to in Chapter 38?

5. How many lines did Twain's acquaintance have in the play he acted in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What had become of many of the pilots Twain knew as a young man in Chapter 48?

4. What did Twain say about his encounter with a friend who was an undertaker according to Chapter 43?

5. What did Twain write about the graveyards in New Orleans based on Chapter 42?

6. Who and what did Twain write about Mardi Gras in Chapter 45?

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

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

9. What did Twain remark about cities and towns along the Upper Mississippi in Chapter 58?

10. What anecdote did a professor tell to Twain Chapter 36?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

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

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