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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What towns did Twain write about in Chapter 23?
(a) Towns between Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
(b) Towns between Minneapolis and Baton Rouge.
(c) Towns between St. Louis and New Orleans.
(d) Towns between St. Louis and Baton Rouge.

2. What did Twain think of the romance of the river in Chapter 28?
(a) It was felt by children only.
(b) It was not seens by pilots.
(c) It was ruined.
(d) It was still present.

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

4. What did the pilot of the boat in Chapter 19 chase Twain's brother with?
(a) A wet towel.
(b) A steel bar.
(c) A piece of wood.
(d) Coal.

5. What city was having cases of Yellow Death in Chapter 29?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Okampa.
(c) Baton Rouge.
(d) Memphis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Twain become towards the end of his pilot training?

2. What changed on the Mississippi during Twain's time according to Chapter 17?

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

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

5. What did Twain try to do in Chapter 22, but failed?

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