Glencoe's Life on the Mississippi

What is Twains boyhood ambition?

• to be travelers

• to be a steamboat man

• to be a writer

• to be a teacher near the Mississppi river

Who does he share his boyhood ambition with?

• his brother

• his sister

• his friends

• his cousin

How do the people react to the arrival of the steamboat?

• impressed

• they are not impressed

• they really aren't interested

• they share no feelings about this

What happen to a young boy aboard the steamboat?

• he survived an alligator attack

• he survived a deadly fight

• he survived an explosion

• he survived food poisining

who is the writer of the story, from life on the mississippi?

• Mark Twain

• Edgar Allan Poe

• William Shakespeare

• Sech

Under what condition does young Twain say he will return to Hannibal?

• as a landowner

• as a steamboat builder

• as a steamboat cook

• as a pilot

which one is not one of Twains impressions on the boat?

• the flag flying on the ship's bow

• the fires burning in the furnace

• the incredible food

• the deckhand poised with a coil of rope

what is the definition of anecdote?

• a brief newspaper article

• a brief part of a sentence

• a brief dilema

• a brief and interesting story

what is the definition of humorous description?

• details that amuse readers

• details that give extra information

• details about the scenery of the story

• details that encourage the reader to keep reading