Based on the selection from Life on the Mississippi, choose the sentence that best expresses Twain’s point of view on life in a
small town along the Mississippi River. A. It is interesting in a way that differs from working on a steamboat. B. It is less dangerous and frightening than working on a steamboat. C. It offers opportunities for adventures on land and on the river. D. It is dull and unexciting compared to working on a steamboat.
<span>the village was a “white town drowsing in the sunshine of a summer’s morning,” until the arrival of a riverboat suddenly made it a hive of activity. The gamblers, stevedores, and pilots, the boisterous raftsmen and elegant travelers, all bound for somewhere surely glamorous and exciting, would have impressed a young boy and stimulated his already active imagination. And the lives he might imagine for these living people could easily be embroidered by the romantic exploits he read in the works of James Fenimore Cooper, Sir Walter Scott, and others. Hope this helps!
