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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 find had improved in New Orleans in Chapter 41?
(a) The lights.
(b) The hygiene.
(c) The public parks.
(d) The water system.

2. What did Twain write he wished for after his death?
(a) To be embalmed.
(b) To be buried in New Orleans.
(c) To be cremated.
(d) To be buried at sea.

3. Who did Twain befriend on the steamboat from Cincinnati?
(a) The mecanic.
(b) The captain.
(c) The night watchman.
(d) The pilot.

4. What did Twain compare pilot's loss of romance toward the Mississippi to?
(a) To the ocean losing its mystery to sea captains.
(b) To the food losing their mystery to farmers.
(c) To gravity losing its mystery for an aviator.
(d) To the human body losing its mystery for doctors.

5. What was the steamboat industry replaced by during Twain's lifetime?
(a) Cars.
(b) Planes.
(c) Sea faring ships.
(d) Trains.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did the gambler make it big?

3. What happened to Twain's friend's wife and child?

4. Where was Twain's brother hospitalized?

5. What towns did Twain write about in Chapter 23?

(see the answer key)

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