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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 was special about the pilot in Twain's story in Chapter 11?
(a) He was asleep.
(b) It was a trainee.
(c) There was no pilots.
(d) It was Twain himself.

2. Who did Twain's friend want his money to go to?
(a) To the parents of the soldier he killed.
(b) To the sister of the soldier he killed.
(c) To the child of the soldier he killed.
(d) To the widow of the soldier he killed.

3. Why did the pilot of the boat where Twain was on in Chapter 19 get in trouble?
(a) He did not navigate a turn the proper way.
(b) For not stopping at a specific point.
(c) He tried to hit Twain.
(d) He refused to slow down.

4. What did Twain try to do in Chapter 22, but failed?
(a) Be hired as a ship mate.
(b) Smuggle liquor on the boat.
(c) Travel incognito.
(d) He tried to buy a boat.

5. 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 food losing their mystery to farmers.
(c) To the human body losing its mystery for doctors.
(d) To the ocean losing its mystery to sea captains.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is the Mississippi River according to Chapter 1?

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

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

4. What did Twain think of the romance of the river in Chapter 28?

5. What did Huckleberry Finn do in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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