Life in the Mississippi

Which word best describes Twain when he first joined Mr. Bixby?

• innocent

• sophisticated

• cocky

• confused

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Throughout the selection, Twain used imagery that appeals mostly to the sense of

• touch.

• sight.

• taste.

• smell.

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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

Twain said that if he had known what it required to become a pilot, he would have

• become a writer instead.

• asked for a different teacher.

• left for the Amazon.

• decided not to begin.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Mr. Bixby can best be described as

• patient.

• hot-tempered

• melancholy.

• despondent.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

For Twain, becoming a pilot led to

• elation that he had learned a career.

• bitter competition with Mr. Bixby.

• a loss of innocence.

• a new respect for the beauty of Mississippi.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2