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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 45-60.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Twain describe in Chapter 30?
(a) A sunset on the river.
(b) A boat exploding.
(c) His first novel.
(d) A sunrise on the river.

2. What did Twain describe in Chapter 58?
(a) The new type of fuels used in steamboats.
(b) Ports on the Mississippi.
(c) The lower Mississippi.
(d) The Upper Mississippi.

3. What was important in Twain's early life according to Chapter 4?
(a) Horses.
(b) Steamboats.
(c) Cars.
(d) Trains.

4. What did the manufacturing city in Chapter 39 produce?
(a) Cannons.
(b) Oil and wine.
(c) Ice and oil from cotton seeds.
(d) Ice and cannon powder.

5. How was the pilot able to get a raise in Chapter 14?
(a) By doing a "$60 job."
(b) By doing a "$250 job."
(c) By doing a "$175 job."
(d) By doing a "$125 job."

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the main quality good pilots needed to have according to Twain in Chapter 13?

2. What did Twain compare pilot's loss of romance toward the Mississippi to?

3. What cards did the gambler get in Chapter 36?

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

5. What war did Twain mention in Chapter 27?

(see the answer key)

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