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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Twain name the pilot who came to take his shift after Bixby?
(a) Mr. R.
(b) Mr. T.
(c) Mr. P.
(d) Mr. W.

2. What was the normal wage for a pilot in Twain's time?
(a) $125.
(b) $500.
(c) $250.
(d) $350.

3. What did Twain trace back the towns in Chapter 23 to?
(a) Native American settlements.
(b) British settlements.
(c) Dutch settlements.
(d) French settlements.

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

5. What was stuck in closed off elbows in Twain's stories in Chapter 17?
(a) Ghost ships.
(b) Aligators.
(c) Lost towns.
(d) Fisheries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Chapter 11 about?

2. How did Twain see steamboat pilots in Chapter 14?

3. What was causing the impression of a bluff reef in Chapter 9?

4. How did the man in Chapter 17 say he would repay his debts?

5. What did Twain discover after talking with the pilot in Chapter 24?

(see the answer key)

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