Part A
How does the narrator of “A Cub Pilot” initially feel about his own abilities?
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English, 31.08.2021 22:40, uticabadgirl
Part A
How does the narrator of “A Cub Pilot” initially feel about his own abilities?
He is very confident in his overall ability to pilot a steamboat.
He thinks that he knows the river better than any of the pilots do.
He feels that he needs more supervision than he receives.
He is sometimes worried that he will misjudge the river’s depth.
Question 2
Part B
Which statement from “A Cub Pilot” best supports the answer in Part A?
“If anybody had questioned my ability to run any crossing between Cairo and New Orleans without help or instruction, I should have felt irreparably hurt.”
“All [Mr. Bixby] ever did was to take the wheel on particularly bad nights or in particularly bad crossings . . . and collect the wages.”
“My imagination began to construct dangers out of nothing, and they multiplied faster than I could keep the run of them.”
“Judgment is a matter of brains, and a man must start with a good stock of that article, or he will never succeed as a pilot.”
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