“Cub Pilot on the Mississippi”

1. “Cub Pilot on the Mississippi” Study Guide: The paper you create in class today is your study guide for tomorrow’s test. Record the page numbers and write your responses using complete sentences.

2. (p. 100) 1. According to Twain in “Cub Pilot on the Mississippi,” what was the chief benefit of the two and a half years he spent working on riverboats? (p. 101) 2. Which of the following best summarizes this description of Brown in “Cub Pilot on the Mississippi”? He was a middle-aged, long, slim, bony, smooth-shaven, horse-faced, ignorant, stingy, malicious, snarling, fault-hunting, mote-magnifying tyrant. (p. 101) 3. What does this passage from “Cub Pilot on the Mississippi” indicate about how Twain and Brown will get along as the story unfolds? Brown was at the wheel. I paused in the middle of the room all fixed to make my bow, but Brown did not look around. I thought he took a furtive glance at me out of the corner of his eye, but as not even this notice was repeated, I judged I had been mistaken.

3. (p. 99) 4. Describe an idiom. (p. 102) 5. Why do you think Brown examined Twain’s shoes so carefully in “Cub Pilot on the Mississippi”? (p. 102) 6. What emotion is conveyed in this passage? As soon as I could get my voice I said apologetically: “I have had no orders, sir.”

4. (p. 103) 7. What can you infer about the conflict between Twain and Brown from this passage from “Cub Pilot on the Mississippi”? The moment I was in the presence, even in the darkest night, I could feel those yellow eyes upon me, and knew their owner was watching for a pretext to spit out some venom on me. (p. 103) 8. In “Cub Pilot on the Mississippi,” in contrast to Brown, George Ealer, George Ritchie’s boss, is… (p. 103) 9. In “Cub Pilot on the Mississippi,” George Ritchie takes great pleasure in… (p. 103) 10. What is the meaning of cramp in the following sentence? "I told you not to cramp that reef. G’way from the wheel!" (p. 104) 11. In “Cub Pilot on the Mississippi,” Brown commands Twain to “round the boat to” because he wants…

5. (p. 105) 12. In “Cub Pilot on the Mississippi,” Brown fails to hear Henry’s shouted instruction to stop at a landing because… (p. 99) 13. What is the meaning of the idiom lit in the following passage? I lit in the middle of the floor, shot there by the electric suddenness of the surprise. (p. 106) 14. In “Cub Pilot on the Mississippi,” why does the narrator continue the attack on Brown with such pleasure? (p. 107) 15. In “Cub Pilot on the Mississippi,” which of the following best describes the captain’s attitude toward Twain after the attack on Brown? (p. 108) 16. What personal quality does Twain discover as a result of his conflict with Brown in “Cub Pilot on the Mississippi”?

6. 17. Write a synonym which is similar in meaning to furtive? 18. Which of the following is the verb phrase in this passage? The boat had backed out from St. Louis. 19. What is the helping verb in the following sentence from “Cub Pilot on the Mississippi”? As I have said, I soon got the habit of coming on duty with dread. 20. Which of the following words is misspelled? a. varieties b. training c. offenseive. d. released