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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who proved that the Mississippi emptied in the Gulf of Mexico?
(a) La Salle.
(b) La Rosa.
(c) La Grange.
(d) De La Villa.

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 ocean losing its mystery to sea captains.
(d) To the food losing their mystery to farmers.

3. Who was the first settler to see the Mississippi?
(a) DeSoto.
(b) Cortez.
(c) de Vama.
(d) DiMaggio.

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

5. Who helped complete the pilot's association monopoly?
(a) The press.
(b) Captains and owners.
(c) Peer pressure.
(d) Politicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the pilot in Twain's story in Chapter 14?

2. What did people think of Bixby's maneuver in Chapter 7?

3. What did Bixby have to pilot the boat around in Chapter 7?

4. How did the man in competition with Twain for a girl became a hero to her?

5. What did the other pilots on Twain's boat do to him toward the end of his training?

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