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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Twain think of the reason behind not allowing passengers to board the boats during the special events of Chapter 16?
(a) He supported it.
(b) He produced charts to support it.
(c) He had no opinion on it.
(d) He questioned the claim.

2. What location did Huck want to bring Jim to in Chapter 3?
(a) Paris.
(b) Granada.
(c) Lisbon.
(d) Cairo.

3. What was the name of the pilot in Twain's story in Chapter 14?
(a) Robert.
(b) Stephen.
(c) Mark.
(d) Joseph.

4. Why was Twain jealous of the boy he knew in his town?
(a) He was a better writer than him.
(b) He was wealthy.
(c) He married the town's prettiest girl.
(d) He went to work on steamboats.

5. What was the main quality good pilots needed to have according to Twain in Chapter 13?
(a) Attention.
(b) Memory.
(c) Patiences.
(d) Quick reflexes.

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

7. What was special about the pilot in Twain's story in Chapter 11?
(a) He was asleep.
(b) It was a trainee.
(c) It was Twain himself.
(d) There was no pilots.

8. How long were steamboat pilots shifts?
(a) 6 hours.
(b) 12 hours.
(c) 8 hours.
(d) 4 hours.

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

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

11. What did Twain discover after talking with the pilot in Chapter 24?
(a) That the pilot was unexperienced.
(b) That they knew each other.
(c) That Twain was a better pilot.
(d) That they were both journalists.

12. 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 ocean losing its mystery to sea captains.
(c) To the human body losing its mystery for doctors.
(d) To the food losing their mystery to farmers.

13. What city marked one of the strongest changes in traits and speeches, according to Chapter 22?
(a) Baton Rouge.
(b) Bayou.
(c) Saint Louis.
(d) New Orleans.

14. How did Twain see steamboat pilots in Chapter 14?
(a) As the freeest men on the boat.
(b) As prisoners to the Union.
(c) As the freest men in America.
(d) As prisoners to the boat owners.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the pilot of the boat in Chapter 19 chase Twain's brother with?

2. What was stuck in closed off elbows in Twain's stories in Chapter 17?

3. What did pilots use to perform the task described in Chapter 12?

4. How did the story of the man who tried to rescue his wife during a steamboat accident end?

5. Why was Twain on a different boat than the one he started he training on in Chapter 18?

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