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Twain
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What did the captain tell Mark
Twain he had to do to
become a riverboat pilot
(Paragraph 29 of Life on the
Mississippi)?
The rocks four days at
er delays, the poor old
y about two weeks in
om Cincinnati to New
ne a chance to get
of the pilots, and he
er the boat, and thus
f river life more potent
A. He had to practice steering with a
steady hand and keeping watch with a
keen eye.
B. He had to get the entire river by heart;
to know it like the ABCs.
C. He had to get used to being up at night
and being alert for snags the water
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vas that the nine or ten

Hurry 20 mins left! study the timeline of russian history, and read the passage from chapter 1 of animal farm. "is it not crystal clear, then, comrades, that all the evils of this life of ours spring from the tyranny of human beings? only get rid of man, and the produce of our labour would be our own. almost overnight we could become rich and free. what then must we do? why, work night and day, body and soul, for the overthrow of the human race! that is my message to you, comrades: rebellion! " which event most likely influenced the writing of this passage? the 1905 massacre of people who were protesting their poor living conditions the 1917 bolshevik revolution, which was inspired by the ideals of lenin the development of the union of soviet socialist republics by lenin in 1922 the collectivization of agriculture by the communist party in russia in 1928