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1.What does Twain do to recapture what he lost?
A.He travels the river alone on a small boat.
B.He views the river from the shore.
C.He returns to his boyhood home.
D.He remembers a sunset when he was just learning about steamboating.


2.For what did steamboat pilots use the tall dead tree?
A.to tell the time by the tree's shadow
B.as a landmark
C.to judge the depth of the river
D.to tell the weather for the next day


3.To Twain, what had become of the features of the river?
A.They were simply tools to help pilot a steamboat.
B.They were proof of the existence of a higher being.
C.They were symbols of Twain's youth.
D.They disappeared and Twain could no longer distinguish them.

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