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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How did Twain name the pilot who came to take his shift after Bixby?
(a) Mr. P.
(b) Mr. T.
(c) Mr. R.
(d) Mr. W.
2. What was the name of the town from which the two feuding families were from?
(a) Compromise.
(b) Montrouse.
(c) Salsburg.
(d) Salem.
3. How did the man in Chapter 17 say he would repay his debts?
(a) The earlier creditor to the older one.
(b) The oldest creditor to the earlier one.
(c) First come first serve.
(d) Alphabetically.
4. What did Twain have to learn besides the physical markers on the Mississippi?
(a) How high the boat was to avoid bridges.
(b) To follow the light on the shore.
(c) To read maps.
(d) How high the river was at any given time.
5. What was the name of the pilot in Twain's story in Chapter 14?
(a) Robert.
(b) Stephen.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Mark.
6. What choice did the captain of the steamboat in Chapter 19 choose at the end?
(a) He fired Both Twain and Brown.
(b) He didn't take sides.
(c) Brown over Twain.
(d) Twain over Brown.
7. How long were steamboat pilots shifts?
(a) 12 hours.
(b) 6 hours.
(c) 4 hours.
(d) 8 hours.
8. What was Twain happy to see still being there in Chapter 25?
(a) Cairo.
(b) Baton Rouge.
(c) New York.
(d) Paris.
9. How did the men treat Huck after finding him?
(a) Harshly.
(b) Without mercy.
(c) Rough, but good natured.
(d) With respect.
10. What was the steamboat industry replaced by during Twain's lifetime?
(a) Trains.
(b) Cars.
(c) Planes.
(d) Sea faring ships.
11. What did Twain discover after talking with the pilot in Chapter 24?
(a) That they knew each other.
(b) That the pilot was unexperienced.
(c) That Twain was a better pilot.
(d) That they were both journalists.
12. What was the main quality good pilots needed to have according to Twain in Chapter 13?
(a) Memory.
(b) Quick reflexes.
(c) Attention.
(d) Patiences.
13. What was important in Twain's early life according to Chapter 4?
(a) Cars.
(b) Steamboats.
(c) Trains.
(d) Horses.
14. 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.
15. Where was Twain's brother hospitalized?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Baton Rouge.
(c) Memphis
(d) New York.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was causing the impression of a bluff reef in Chapter 9?
2. What woman did Twain borrow accounts from in Chapter 29?
3. What did the pilot of the boat in Chapter 19 chase Twain's brother with?
4. What did Twain become after his career as a pilot?
5. What did Twain promise his instructor?
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