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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31-45.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did pilots use to perform the task described in Chapter 12?
(a) Steel lines.
(b) Long ropes from the shore.
(c) Small boats.
(d) Buoy.

2. What did Twain compare pilot's loss of romance toward the Mississippi to?
(a) To gravity losing its mystery for an aviator.
(b) To the human body losing its mystery for doctors.
(c) To the food losing their mystery to farmers.
(d) To the ocean losing its mystery to sea captains.

3. Who told Marquette that the Mississippi was dangerous?
(a) The British.
(b) The Spaniards.
(c) The French.
(d) The Indians.

4. What was Twain happy to see still being there in Chapter 25?
(a) Paris.
(b) Cairo.
(c) New York.
(d) Baton Rouge.

5. How much money did the measures discussed by Twain in Chapter 28 save per load of cargo?
(a) $162,000
(b) $62,000
(c) $12,000
(d) $16,000

Short Answer Questions

1. What special event did Twain describe in Chapter 16?

2. What choice did the captain of the steamboat in Chapter 19 choose at the end?

3. What did the pilot of the boat in Chapter 19 chase Twain's brother with?

4. What did Twain's old friend in Chapter 43 do for a living?

5. What did Twain say steamboats were vastly superior to in Chapter 38?

(see the answer key)

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