E3U4 Life On The Mississippi Content Check

What did every boy in the small villages along the Mississippi in the 1800s want to be?

• a steamboatman

• a clown

• a pirate

• a wharfsman

What word best describes the small villages along the Mississippi when there were no boats either approaching or in port?

• sleepy

• energetic

• agitated

• upbeat

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What is the first evidence of a steamboat approaching?

• A film of dark smoke appears over the horizon

• The waves get bigger on the river

• The foghorn bellowing the approach.

• The sound of the steam engine turning.

How long is a typical visit by a steamboat?

• 10 minutes

• 30 minutes

• 1 hour

• 4 hours

When one of the boys left and came back an assistant engineer for a steamboat, which of the following did the local boys NOT think of him?

• That he was happy to return to his previous life

• That he was worldly

• That he was not generous in his greatness.

• That he had money and hair oil too.

When the assistant engineer's boat blew up, the local boys felt

• a tranquil contentment

• a regretful remorse

• a morose guilt

• a touch of envy

What position on the steamboat did the boys most dream of being?

• pilot

• engineer

• assistant engineer

• mud clerk

The author of this excerpt committed to not coming home until he became a (an)?

• pilot

• engineer

• assistant engineer

• mud clerk