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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 did Twain think he would do using a steamboat according to Chapter 5?
(a) Explore the Mississippi.
(b) Try to cross the Atlantic.
(c) Run a flourishing trading business.
(d) Explore the Amazon.

2. What was the name of the gang in Chapter 29?
(a) Green's gang.
(b) Murel's gang.
(c) Rupper's gang.
(d) Liroy's gang.

3. When was the Mississippi first seen by a settler?
(a) 1572.
(b) 1542.
(c) 1552.
(d) 1562.

4. What did Twain compare steamboats to in Chapter 38?
(a) An average hotel.
(b) An average train.
(c) A large farm.
(d) An average fancy house.

5. What did Twain become towards the end of his pilot training?
(a) Full of himself.
(b) Humble.
(c) A lisenced pilot.
(d) Physically strong.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Twain recall the stories of in Chapter 27?

2. Who did Twain befriend on the steamboat from Cincinnati?

3. What southern occupation did Twain describe in Chapter 45?

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

5. What did the man try to teach Twain about in Chapter 30?

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