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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the other pilots on Twain's boat do to him toward the end of his training?
(a) Made him question his eye sight.
(b) Made him question his training.
(c) Made him question his own judgment.
(d) Made him question his friends.

3. Who was Bixby according to Chapter 6?
(a) An established pilot.
(b) An established captain.
(c) An established watchman.
(d) An established mechanic.

4. How long did Twain stay with his brother before his death?
(a) 8 days.
(b) 6 days.
(c) 7 days.
(d) 5 days.

5. Who told Marquette that the Mississippi was dangerous?
(a) The Indians.
(b) The Spaniards.
(c) The French.
(d) The British.

6. Who was the first settler to see the Mississippi?
(a) de Vama.
(b) Cortez.
(c) DiMaggio.
(d) DeSoto.

7. What is a bluff reef?
(a) A sunken boat.
(b) A small inconsequential reef.
(c) A reef hidden under the water.
(d) A reef composed of wood.

8. How long would the Mississippi be if it was in a straight line?
(a) 675 miles.
(b) 595 miles.
(c) 235 miles.
(d) 975 miles.

9. What did the steamboat pilots have to do to navigate the Mississippi according to Chapter 9?
(a) Follow maps.
(b) Go straight and never deviate.
(c) Follow buoys.
(d) Read the river.

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

11. What did Twain do to follow his dream?
(a) He joined the army.
(b) He went to Europe.
(c) He studied mechanical engineering.
(d) He ran away.

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

13. Why were passengers not allowed on board during the special events in Chapter 16?
(a) So the boat would be better looking.
(b) So the boat would be safer.
(c) So the boat would be ready to burn.
(d) So the boat would be lighter.

14. What choice did the captain of the steamboat in Chapter 19 choose at the end?
(a) Twain over Brown.
(b) He didn't take sides.
(c) He fired Both Twain and Brown.
(d) Brown over Twain.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Twain find amazing about learning to navigate the Mississippi?

3. What did people think of Bixby's maneuver in Chapter 7?

4. What stories did the pilot in Chapter 24 tell Twain?

5. How was the pilot able to get a raise in Chapter 14?

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