2 In Paragraph 25 of Life on
the Mississippi when Twain
says that Bixby "would boil a
while to himself, and then
overflow and scald me again"
he means that
A. Bixby would boil inside with anger,
then let his anger spill over and yell at
Twain.
B. Bixby was cooking something that kept
boiling over, and some got on Mark Twain
and scalded him.
Rixhy tried to keen cool by boiling

"but let us admit texas, and we shall place the balance of power in the hands of the texans themselves. they, with the southern states, will control the policy and the destiny of this nation; our tariff will then be held at the will of the texan advocates of free trade. are our friends of the north prepared to deliver over this great national policy to the people of texas? " - rep. joshua giddings, ohio, may 21, 1844 this quote points to what major issue in the years leading up to the civil war?