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How does the serious tone in Twain's voice create humor when he says " I resolved to be a downstream pilot and leave the upstreaming to people dead to prudence"?

It is impossible for a pilot to travel only one way

Why do steamboat pilots stop seeing the beauty of the river?

They see only what affects their steering

The narrator suspects that Leonidas W. Smiley is

a made-up person

douglass uses poetic language w his writing style when he describes

awkwardness on the farm

Mrs. Farquhar happily serves the soldier a drink of water because she

believes that he must be from the South

What Nebraska image does Clark use to describe the empty concert stage?

corn field in winter

Lincoln ends by stating his commitment "that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." What ideal is he expressing?

democracy

bixby got angry at twain because

didn't remember anything bixby taught him

how does the following passage support Douglass's purpose quote from the crown from my head to my feet... shirt was stiff with blood "

felt sympathy for slaves

emancipation proclamation announces official business for

general public

the way covey acted when slaves working was because

he distrusted them when they would work

how does twain's proud statement "i was gratified to be able to answer promptly" answer w

he is about to admit he has no answer

why does twain say bixby is grateful to the trading crew

he needs a target for his rage

what does Douglas hope Mr. Thomas will let him leave coveys farm

his bloody state

What does Andrew Jackson, the bull-pup, do to win his dog fights?

holds the other dog's hind leg

Douglass gave the oxen a large, heavy load because he

hoped it would tame them

which description of webster used tall-tale

idk so if you know this fess up

what does wheeler say that daniel webster's frog can do better

jump distances

Who is Lincoln's audience in the Gettysburg Address?

mourners honoring fallen soldiers

short passage.. (he closed his eyes in order to...upon his wife and children) how can you tell it's third person?

narrator focuses on one person

what does clark's description of his aunts figure tell about the setting (north...jospeh's land)

nebraska is a primitive and harsh place

"face of water in time became a wonderful book...dead language to an uneducated passenger" paraphrase this

only the educated can read the river

sullivan was willing to die for his cause because he felt he

owed a debt to the dead

what is one way Douglass establishes credibility

provides factual details

the phrase "a glorious resurrection" refers to douglass's

rebirth of self confidence

don't have the question but remember this answer

she is not used to being in boston (aunt georgiana)

what do the soldiers do after shooting after farquhar w rifles

shoot at him w a cannon

Why are the spectators on and near the bridge silent?

silence and stillness are a show of respect for death

you realize at the end of the story farquhar is

strangled to death

lincoln hopes emancipation proclamation will

suppress the rebellion

What did Bixby agree to do for Twain?

teach him to steer the steamboat

detail indicates intended audience was private because

the expression of affection of his wife

why does uncle Howard's letter annoy Clark

the letter is almost too late

what did covey do to push his slaves harder

threatened and whipped them

Mr. Covey beat Douglass because he believed that Douglass had

trifled away his time

ballou claims that is civilians depend on

triumph of the govt

You first meet Peyton Farquhar as he is

waiting to be hanged

Because the story's structure is out of chronological order, you wonder until the end

whether Farquhar is really dead

What is the "unfinished work" that Lincoln mentions in the Gettysburg Address?

winning the Civil War

what distracts georgiana when she arrives in boston

worrying about the calf at home

clark sees that the wind in nebraska changed georgiana by...

yellowing her skin


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