Life on the Mississippi Review

According to the selection from Life on the Mississippi, how does the town change when the steamboats stop there?

• It goes from fairly busy to very busy for ten minutes.

• It goes from sleepy to frantically busy for a short time.

• It goes from sleepy to calmly efficient for a couple of hours.

• It goes from bustling to dead because everyone is at the wharf.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

As described in the selection from Life on the Mississippi, what did the Mississippi River represent to Twain as a boy?

• a destructive force

• a wonder of nature

• a pathway to adventure

• a chance to make friends

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

According to the selection from Life on the Mississippi, what makes the steamboat such a source of fascination for the boys?

• It is a marvel of modern technology.

• It is accessible only to the rich and powerful.

• It is connected with stories of shady dealings.

• It is a connection to the world outside Hannibal.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

In the selection from Life on the Mississippi, what is the main impression created by Twain’s depiction of the steamboat?

• an impression of splendor and boldness

• an impression of efficient sturdiness

• an impression of age and disrepair

• an impression of grace and calm

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

In the selection from Life on the Mississippi, what main character flaw does Twain reveal in himself as a boy?

• lack of imagination

• dishonesty

• laziness

• envy

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Which of the following sights is most likely to be described as having grandeur?

• a bare stage after a show ends

• a snow-capped mountain range

• a busy kitchen in a popular diner

• a traffic jam in a major coastal city

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

If a candlestick is gilded, what is most likely to be true about it?

• It will hold only the thinnest of candles.

• It will have been used last during the 1800s.

• It will have a yellow gleam when the candle is lit.

• It will need to be cleaned thoroughly before it is used.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which of the following sentences best illustrates the word eminence?

• The legendary soldier was knighted by the queen.

• The student of architecture received his degree in May.

• The popular storyteller often visits schools in our town.

• The former librarian recently celebrated her 90th birthday.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the most likely effect created by the following passage from Life on the Mississippi?

[T]he great Mississippi, the majestic, the magnificent Mississippi, rolling its mile-wide tide along, shining in the sun; the dense forest away on the other side; the point above the town, and the point below, bounding the river-glimpse and turning it into a sort of sea, and withal a very still and brilliant and lonely one.

• The reader is amused to see that the river is a cheerful and bright place.

• The reader is moved to learn that the river is beautiful but forsaken.

• The reader is troubled by the river’s still but dangerous nature.

• The reader is surprised by the river’s turbulence and darkness.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which pair of phrases from the passage best supports that the following passage creates the effect of the reader being moved to learn that the river is beautiful but forsaken.

[T]he great Mississippi, the majestic, the magnificent Mississippi, rolling its mile-wide tide along, shining in the sun; the dense forest away on the other side; the point above the town, and the point below, bounding the river-glimpse and turning it into a sort of sea, and withal a very still and brilliant and lonely one.

• the majestic, the magnificent … very still and brilliant and lonely

• rolling its mile-wide tide … dense forest away on the other side

• along, shining in the sun … bounding the river-glimpse

• rolling its mile-wide tide … turning it into a sort of sea

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5