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The American Tradition in Literature, Volume 2 Book Cover
The American Tradition in Literature, Volume 2, 10/e
George Perkins, Eastern Michigan University
Barbara Perkins, University of Toledo-Toledo

Multiple Choice Quiz



1

In his first trip on a steamboat, Mark Twain envied the
A)pilot's uniform
B)barkeeper's tall tales
C)cub pilot's orders to the leadsman
D)mate's ability to curse
2

In Dick Albright's "bar'l," the captain of the raft reveals
A)the body of a baby boy
B)Injun Jim's treasure of gold coins
C)a woman in the disguise of a man
D)Sunday school tracts
3

In river towns up and down the Mississippi, it was every boy's dream to some day grow up to be a
A)Methodist preacher
B)a justice of the peace
C)a riverboat pilot
D)a pirate on the Indian ocean
4

"Dan'l" was the name of Jim Smiley's
A)rattlesnake
B)frog
C)tarantula
D)buzzard
5

The stranger checks the ability of "Dan'l" by filling him with
A)whisky
B)quail shot
C)turpentine
D)Mississippi mud








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